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Why is a does a thick string on a guitar make a lower pitched sound?
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∙ 12y ago
Thicker strings vibrate slower than the thinner strings. of course it changes when you press down on fret.
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Which wire lose or tight of a guitar produces higher frequecy and sharper sound?
A tighter string produces a higher pitched sound and a looser string produces a lower pitched sound
What is the difference when plucking a thin string versus a thick string on a guitar?
When you pluck a thick string the sound the guitar makes comes out deeper then it does when you pluck a thin string.
What happens when you add thicker strings to a guitar?
The sound on the string will sound lower
On a guitar will turning the tuning machine toward you lower the sound of the string or make it higher?
Lower.
What guitar and a bass guitar sound difference is there?
A bass guitar is an octave lower than a guitar, for example the first string on a guitar is an E string that produces an E note when struck, the first string on a four string bass guitar is an E also and when struck also produces an E note, just this note is an octave lower than the guitars
What are tuners for on a guitar?
you can tighten or loosen your strings, causing the string make higher or lower sound. (Check guitar tuning)
How does guitar make sound?
The guitar makes sound when you pluck a string. The string vibrates down to the base of the guitar and travels in the hole, coming out as a sound we call a note.
What makes a guitar have a different sound?
onthe neck of a guitar there are lumps that go across it underneath the strinds called frets, when you press the string onto the fret and then puck the string it makes a sound. the closer to the body of the guitar the fret is, the more high pitched the note gets and vise versa. : )
How does a guitar string's physical change produce sound?
The sound is produced by the vibration of the string.
Explain how you could change the pitch and frequency of the sound of a guitar?
Loosening the string will LOWER the frequency, tightening it will RAISE the frequency.
Is it the string or the hole that makes a guitar sound?
The string makes the sound by transferring it's vibration to the top of the guitar. The top vibrates, and that is amplified by the body of the guitar. The round hole is to let that sound escape.
How is sound created on the guitar?
When a guitar string is plucked, it vibrates. The vibration of the string causes pressure waves in the air. The pressure waves are called "sound".
