Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Interference and Beats
Illustrated diagrams and interactive practice problems show constructive and destructive interference occurring at sound beats.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Human Ear
Using diagrams and animations, students discover how the anatomy of the ear and the physics of sound waves work together to allow us to hear.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound Is a Mechanical Wave
This interactive physics tutorial allows students to investigate the nature, properties and behaviors of sound waves and apply basic wave principles towards an understanding of music.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Intensity and the Decibel Scale
Students explore intensity of sound waves and the decibel scale in this interactive physics tutorial.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound as a Longitudinal Wave
Students explore and discover how sound is created through longitudinal waves.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Pitch and Frequency
Use this interactive physics tutorial to introduce students to the concepts of pitch and frequency in sound waves.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Sound Is a Pressure Wave
Students see illustrated diagrams and animations to help them understand the pressure characteristics of a sound wave.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Boundary Behavior
Students study animations and diagrams to learn about the reflection behavior of sound waves.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Speed of Sound
Students discover factors that affect the speed of sound waves through a medium with illustrated examples and interactive practice problems.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: The Doppler Effect and Shock Waves
This physics tutorial focuses on the application of the Doppler effect to sound.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Forced Vibration
With videos, illustrated diagrams, and informational text, students learn about sound waves as forced vibrations.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Wave and Music Table of Contents
Learners investigate the nature of a sound wave, sound properties, resonance, musical instruments, and standing waves. The tutorial consists of lessons and problems to check for understanding.
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The Physics Classroom: Sound Waves and Music: Natural Frequency
Through animations, videos, and text, students discover that all objects have a natural frequency or set of frequencies at which they vibrate.
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Physics and Psychophysics of Music
This site is filled with information pertaining to the physics of sound and music.
University of New South Wales (Australia)
University of New South Wales: Music Acoustics
Learn about the science of music acoustics. Topics such as how do violins change with age and brass acoustics are explored through scientific research.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Musical Instruments
Homepage for a hypertext about the different families of musical instruments. From this page, users can retrieve information on a the acoustics of a variety of specific instruments: stringed instruments, woodwind instruments, brass...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Beats and Interference of Sound Waves Review
Review of how to produce beats through the constructive and destructive interference of sound waves.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Musical Instruments
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How musical instruments make sounds, music and change pitch.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12 Exploration Series: Simulations: Physics: Pan Flute
[Free Registration/Login Required] A simulation to learn about wave harmonics in a column of air by looking closely at the sound produced by a pan flute.
University of New South Wales (Australia)
University of New South Wales: School of Physics: Physclips: Interference
Physiclips thoroughly presents the concept of interference with animations and film clips. Learn about linear superposition, beats, and consonance in this learning module.
University of Kentucky
The Physics and Math of Music
Read about a math research project done by three college students which helps us see physics and math in music. Here's a great approach for integrating curriculum!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed of Sound
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What the speed of sound is and its variation in different media, and the effect of temperature on the speed of sound.
Georgia State University
Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Brass Instruments
Understand the science of sound when performing with a brass instrument such as a trumpet or a trombone.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Analyzing the Interference of Sound Waves and Beats
A site for students to practice viewing two sound waves interference and analyze the patterns formed.