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Guitar String Oscillations [|Guitar String Oscillations] Waves Sound Energy
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When a guitar string is played, it makes a noise by vibrating (or oscillating) back and forth very fast and disturbing the air around it. This disturbance is the sound you hear when it's played. On an acoustic guitar, there is a large body to amplify the sound naturally by resonating in the body. This picture was taken from inside an acoustic guitar looking out at the strings vibrating as a chord is played. Notice that the low strings(the fatter ones at the top), vibrate slower than the higher strings(thinner ones in the middle, the bottom two strings aren't played here). This is because the lower strings are fatter and have more mass, therefore making them resonate at a slower rate. An electric guitar uses magnetic fields created by "pickups" to detect and an electric guitar amplifier to amplify the vibrations of the strings and make them loud enough to be heard.
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