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Thursday, 06 March 2014 15:30
H4-34: GUITAR AND OSCILLOSCOPE
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ID Code:
H4-34
Purpose:
Illustrate how a guitar works
Description:
Play notes or chords on the guitar to see their wave shapes on the oscilloscope. Notice that as the notes decay their wave shapes change, a result of different decay times for different harmonics.
Availability:
Available
Loc codes:
OS5, ME2, ME3
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PHYS122
PHYS104
PHYS102
Acoustical & Musical Instruments
Wave Motion
Sound Reproduction
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A General Materials and Mathematics
A1 Basic Materials and Measurement
A2 Mathematics
B Statics
B1 Center of Mass Statics
B2 Equilibrium of Forces and Torques
B3 Simple Machines
B4 Elasticity
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C2 Kinematics in One and Two Dimensions
C3 First Law of Motion
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D2 Moment of Inertia
D3 Angular Momentum
D4 Gyroscopes
D5 Rotational Esoterica
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F2 Buoyancy
F3 Surface Tension
F4 Fluid in Motion
F5 Forces in Moving Fluids
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G1 Simple Harmonic Motion
G2 Resonance and Coupled Oscillations
G3 Mechanical Waves - One Dimensional
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H Sound
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H2 Wave Properties of Sound
H3 Standing Sound Waves
H4 Music
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H6 The Voice
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K2 Electromagnetic Induction
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L Geometrical Optics
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L2 Plane Mirrors
L3 Curved Mirrors
L4 Refraction
L5 Total Internal Reflection
L6 Lenses
L7 Optical Instruments
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H4-41: DRUM
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