Weighted Monochord Lab Activity

Ryan J. Cassidy, Edgar J. Berdahl, and Julius O. Smith III

REALSIMPLE Project¹

Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)
Department of Music
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305

Abstract:

This laboratory exercise, aimed at a high-school audience, will teach students some principles behind the vibration of strings, and allow them to test hypotheses based thereupon. Experiments will be conducted using a simple monochord set-up.

Detailed Contents (and Navigation)

• Introduction
• Objectives
• Theory
  • Fundamental Frequency of Vibration
  
  
• Hypothesis
  • Monochord Parameters
  
  
• Procedure
• To Explore Further
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