Standing Waves and Musical Instruments
Watch the following animations of wave interference: constructive interference and destructive interference
Constructive Interference (click the link below)
Destructive Interference click the link below
Constructive Interference
Destructive interference
Watch the following animations of wave reflection at a feed end and wave reflection at an open end
Wave reflection at a fixed end. (click link below)
Fixed end
Wave reflection at an open end click link below
Open end
Watch this introduction to a standing wave and as well as the following three videos standing waves on a string with both ends fixed in a flute with both ends open, and on a thumb
piano with one end fixed and one end open
1. Standing wave video (click on link): Standing wave link to video
2. Standing wave with both ends foed (click on link): Standing wave with both ends fowed link to video
3. Standing wave with both ends open (click on link
Standing wove with both ends open link to video
4. Standing wave with one end fixed & one end open
click on link: Standing wave with one end fixed and one open link to video
Fig: 1