Physics 121: Physics of Music

Vocabulary 2

histogram
properties of the pendulum
	period nearly independent of amplitude
	period independent of mass
	period proportional to the square root of the length
properties of the spring
	period independent of amplitude
	period proportional to the square root of the mass
sine waves
	know how to graph sin(2pft) for a given frequency f.  p = 3.14159.
		(sin(360ft) when working in degrees)
traveling waves
reflected waves
standing waves
simple harmonic motion
linear forces
nodes 
antinodes
normal modes of a string
harmonics
fundamental
v = f l  (l is the wavelength)