Music Photograph - String Frequency by Matthew T Ross

String Frequency is a photograph by Matthew T Ross which was uploaded on June 22nd, 2015.

String Frequency

The physics of music is a broad and fascinating topic. Perhaps the most important concept, however, is the relationship between pitch and frequency.... more

by Matthew T Ross

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Title

String Frequency

Artist

Matthew T Ross

Medium

Photograph

Description

The physics of music is a broad and fascinating topic. Perhaps the most important concept, however, is the relationship between pitch and frequency. By definition, frequency is the number of times a repeating event occurs per a unit of time. It is typically measured in hertz. Since we're talking about music a common example is the "standard tuning" of instruments at 440 Hz. In terms of pitch this is what we call A4. So that means that for a concert violin to be "in tune" when it plays the A string it should vibrate at 440 Hz. What this means is that the string will vibrate back and forth 440 times in 1 second. The A string of a guitar is 2 octaves below the A string of a violin. If we divide 440 Hz in half twice (once for each octave) we get 110 Hz.

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June 22nd, 2015