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The Guitar (Physics of Technology Series)

A module on wave motion and sound. Coverage includes mechanical oscillations, Hooke's law, standing and traveling waves, properties of sound waves, sound intensity (decibels and phons), resonance, and musical scales. The module has no prerequisites, and it might be considered as an "entry module, either into mechanics or possibly into optics. Part of the Physics of Technology program, a 27-module introduction to physics at a pre-calculus level. The American Institute of Physics coordinated this program in the 1970s, with modules created by Florissant Valley Community College, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and TERC. From the Instructor’s Manual : The Guitar module covers the physics concepts, definitions, and principles of sound, wave motion and an introduction to the physics of music. The module emphasizes the following concepts Although this module was designed for and principles: longitudinal and transverse waves in an elastic medium; standing waves in an elastic medium as well as the relationship of fundamental and harmonic frequencies to the number of nodes and antinodes in a standing wave pattern; the dependence of the frequ

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