About: Standing Waves and Musical Instruments
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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 |
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| Authors: | Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net) |
| Copyright Holders: | Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net) |
| Maintainers: | Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net) |
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| 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 |
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| Version: | 1.7 Oct 3, 2007 12:25 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones |
| Changes: | fixed typos, including in displacement-waves figure |
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| Version: | 1.6 May 17, 2007 2:45 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones |
| Changes: | rewrote paragraph on types of standing wave containers |
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| Version: | 1.5 May 9, 2007 12:05 pm GMT-5 by Chuck Bearden |
| Changes: | altered longitudinal waves file for good PDF |
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| Version: | 1.4 Aug 24, 2006 10:23 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones |
| Changes: | Added figures and rewrote some text. |
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| 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. |
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| Version: | 1.2 Apr 6, 2005 2:18 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones |
| Changes: | Added link |
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| 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/>.
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Last edited by Catherine Schmidt-Jones on Oct 4, 2007 12:23 pm GMT-5.