Author Question: As the harmonic numbers get larger, the wavelengths get smaller and the frequencies: a. do not ... (Read 36 times)

panfilo · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

As the harmonic numbers get larger, the wavelengths get smaller and the frequencies:
a. do not change.
b. sometimes get larger and sometimes get smaller.
c. get larger.
d. stay the same.
e. get smaller.

Question 2

In this figure the shape of a plucked guitar string (a) is the superposition of the first five harmonics (b-f). What does the listener hear when a guitar string is plucked?
a. The first harmonic because it has the greatest amplitude.
b. The fifth harmonic because our ears are most sensitive to high frequencies.
c. A blend of all of the harmonics shown in the figure because all of them produce sound.