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the opposite, it makes them floppier or it makes lower sounding notes

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Q: Does loosening a guitar string increase frequency?
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How does loosening a string change the sound of a guitar string?

It causes the string to vibrate more slowly, decreasing the pitch (frequency).


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.


How do you tighten string g on an electric guitar?

Turn the peg at the top of the guitar right if you are loosening the string, left if your tightening the string. Hope it helps- Roxas riku


Why does increasing the tension on a guitar string increase the pitch when plucked?

yes because, as the string gets tighter it will be harder for the string to move


What feature of sound are you adjusting if you tighten or loosen guitar strings?

Tightening the strings increases the pitch, loosening them lowers it. This is because you are changing the length of the string as you turn the tuning pegs.


What does one have to adjust to tune a guitar?

When adjusting the tune of the strings on a guitar, one will need to mainly focus on achieving the correct pitch by adjusting the knobs on the headstock for each string. The pitch of every string will be in tune with the frequency of an A440 fork of tuning. Only the A string will be in tune with the frequency of a tuning fork at concert / 440 pitch. All other strings are tuned relative to the A string. Turn the tuning keys to adjust the string. tightening the string will adjust the note higher loosening the string will make the note lower.


What happens to the speed of a wave on a string when the frequency is doubled?

I believe that the speed will remain constant, and the new wavelength will be half of the original wavelength. Speed = (frequency) x (wavelength). This depends on the method used to increase the frequency. If the tension on the string is increased while maintaining the same length (like tuning up a guitar string), then the speed will increase, rather than the wavelength.


If you change the length of the string will it make the frequency increase or decrease?

increase the length of the string means decrease the tension in the string, therefore as the tension decreases the frequency will drop due to loosen of the string.


Why does tightening a guitar string raise the pitch of the string when its played?

It increases the frequency of the sound waves produced by by the plucked string.


Why does tightening a guitar string raise the pitch of the string when it is played?

It increases the frequency of the sound waves produced by by the plucked string.


Why does tightening a guitar string raise the pitch of the string when it's played?

It increases the frequency of the sound waves produced by by the plucked string.


How does tightening the string of a violin change its vibration?

There are some complex physics behind string vibrations. Essentially, the looser the string, the less nodes, or points where the sound waves go from crest to trough. This of course affects the frequency, or rate at which the string vibrates. So when the string is tightened, more nodes are created, and the frequency increases, increasing the pitch.