Question

Using special techniques called string harmonics (or "flageolet tones"), stringed instruments can produce the first few overtones of the harmonic series. While a violinist is playing some of these harmonics for us, we take a picture of the vibrating string (see figures). Using an oscilloscope, we find the violinist plays a note with frequency f = 795 Hz in figure (a).

(d) The fundamental frequency is the lowest frequency that a string can vibrate at (see figure (b)). What is the fundamental frequency for our violin in Hz? (e) In terms of the fundamental frequency f₁, what is the frequency of the note the violinist is playing in figure (c)? (f) Write a general expression for the frequency of any note the violinist can play in this manner, in terms of the fundamental frequency f₁ and the number of antinodes on the standing wave A. (g) What is the frequency, in hertz, of the note the violinist is playing in figure (d)?

Answer 1

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