Sound: strings

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Description
Investigate how a musical instrument makes a range of notes. Relate the sound made by a guitar to string thickness, length and tension. Answer questions about the strings and their relationship to the sound produced. For example, if a guitar string is tightened, will it vibrate faster and produce a higher pitch? This learning object is one in a series of four objects. Three objects in the series are also packaged as a combined learning object.
Objective

Students explore how sounds are made by vibrating objects.
Students identify variables affecting the pitch of sounds made by a stringed instrument.
Students adjust variables produce a musical note of a given pitch.

Curriculum Information

K to 12
Grade 4, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 6
Science
Force and Motion Force Motion and Energy
Learners, Students

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