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Publication Date: 2006-Nov
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Experimenting with Guitar Strings
LoPresto, Michael C.
Physics Teacher, v44 n8 p509-511 Nov 2006
What follows is a description of a simple experiment developed in a non-mathematical general education science course on sound and light for fine arts students in which a guitar is used with data collection hardware and software to verify the properties of standing waves on a string.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Musical Instruments, Physics, Computer Uses in Education, Acoustics, Scientific Principles, Teaching Methods
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