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Matt O'Rear's Physics Project

"The guitar has been around in one form or another for centuries, but the principles behind how it works can be in use in musical instruments ever since the first cave man pulled the string on his bow and noticed a sound. A guitar is simply an expansion of this idea to create a series of strings tied taught, and placed over a large hollow body to resonate the sounds. There are also various styles of guitars all which have different sounds, the two most common in acoustic models being the classical, or nylon string, and the folk, or steel string. Each has their own unique sound from the materials of the strings, and the composition of the bodies, as well as the air between them." (cited from the first source in my bibliography)

Why I chose to do this experiment:

Important Links

Formal Writeup
Important Aplicable Definitions
Video Page
Audio
Sources
Pictures
My Brewster Page

Thank you for visiting my experiment page. I hope you now have a deeper understanding of how the music you listen to everyday works and functions. Come back soon!