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Name: Standing Waves and Musical Instruments
ID: m12413
Language: English (en)
Summary: For middle school and up, an explanation of how standing waves in musical instruments produce sounds with particular pitches and timbres.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: aerophone, chordophone, frequency, fundamental, harmonics, idiophone, membranophone, pipes, standing waves, strings, wavelength, waves
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License

Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)

Version: 1.8 (history)
Created: Sep 1, 2004 8:41 am GMT-5
Revised: Oct 4, 2007 12:23 pm GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.8 Oct 4, 2007 12:23 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
changed svg and eps files of altered figure to outline form

Version: 1.7 Oct 3, 2007 12:25 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
fixed typos, including in displacement-waves figure

Version: 1.6 May 17, 2007 2:45 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
rewrote paragraph on types of standing wave containers

Version: 1.5 May 9, 2007 12:05 pm GMT-5 by Chuck Bearden
Changes:
altered longitudinal waves file for good PDF

Version: 1.4 Aug 24, 2006 10:23 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Added figures and rewrote some text.

Version: 1.3 Jan 10, 2006 2:50 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Redid figures. Took out "suggestions for presenting these ideas to children" to publish in a separate module.

Version: 1.2 Apr 6, 2005 2:18 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
Added link

Version: 1.1 Oct 29, 2004 4:09 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes:
New module (originally part of m11060).

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American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide:

Schmidt-Jones, C. Standing Waves and Musical Instruments, Connexions Web site. http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/, Oct 4, 2007.

American Medical Assocation (AMA) Manual of Style:

Schmidt-Jones C. Standing Waves and Musical Instruments [Connexions Web site]. October 4, 2007. Available at: http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/.

American Psychological Assocation (APA) Publication Manual:

Schmidt-Jones, C. (2007, October 4). Standing Waves and Musical Instruments. Retrieved from the Connexions Web site: http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/

Chicago Manual of Style (Bibliography):

Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. "Standing Waves and Musical Instruments." Connexions. October 4, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Note):

Catherine Schmidt-Jones, "Standing Waves and Musical Instruments," Connexions, October 4, 2007, http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/.

Chicago Manual of Style (Reference, in Author-Date style):

Schmidt-Jones, C. 2007. Standing Waves and Musical Instruments. Connexions, October 4, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/.

Modern Languages Association (MLA) Style Manual:

Schmidt-Jones, Catherine. Standing Waves and Musical Instruments. Connexions. 4 Oct. 2007 <http://cnx.org/content/m12413/1.8/>.