How do musical instruments produce sound and how do they produce such a wide variety of sounds?
An instrument creates sound when a part of that instrument vibrates rapidly. This can be air being blown into a woodwind instrument, strings being strummed on a string instrument, or the stretched skin of a drum being played on. When you play an instrument, the vibrations produce sound waves in the air, which we hear as music notes.
An instrument can be forced to vibrate, which is compared to resonance. Resonance is when a person strikes an instrument and it disturbs the instrument. Resonance will only occur when the natural frequency vibrates from the first object.
Instruments have the ability to produce many varieties of sounds. This is because each natural frequency of the object is associated with one of its many standing waves, or patterns, by which the instrument will vibrate.
By: Alexis Stotler
An instrument can be forced to vibrate, which is compared to resonance. Resonance is when a person strikes an instrument and it disturbs the instrument. Resonance will only occur when the natural frequency vibrates from the first object.
Instruments have the ability to produce many varieties of sounds. This is because each natural frequency of the object is associated with one of its many standing waves, or patterns, by which the instrument will vibrate.
By: Alexis Stotler