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Name: Standing Waves and Wind Instruments
ID: m12589
Language: English (en)
Summary: The musical sounds of aerophones (woodwinds and brass) are created by standing waves in the air inside the instruments.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: aerophones, brass, harmonics, harmonic series, music acoustics, pipes, standing waves, waves, woodwinds
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Version: 1.7 (history)
Created: Oct 25, 2004 8:56 am GMT-5
Revised: Aug 1, 2007 11:39 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 1.7 Aug 1, 2007 11:39 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
fixed error in animation
Version: 1.6 May 9, 2007 10:41 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
changed pressurewaves image to look OK in PDF
Version: 1.5 Mar 29, 2007 1:51 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
added link to standing waves applet
Version: 1.4 Jan 8, 2007 2:54 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
updated links
Version: 1.3 Aug 24, 2006 10:22 am GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added figures and rewrote some text.
Version: 1.2 Jan 19, 2006 8:55 am US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added svg files
Version: 1.1 Jan 6, 2005 3:10 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
New module, formerly part of "Sound Physics, and Music"

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