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Music, like all sound is made up of sound waves traveling through the air. On a string instrument, the sound wave originates with a wave (actually many waves) on a vibrating string. Wind instruments don't have a string, and the sound you hear doesn't sound much like the vibrating reed of a woodwind or the vibrating lips of a brass players. We hear a wave that is established in the air inside the instrument.
Of course, air moves through and out of an instrument, but the wave doesn't leave the instrument. A corresponding sound wave, which we hear, is created outside the instrument, but the wave inside the instrument doesn't leave the instrument any more than the wave on a string leaves the string.
We need a term to describe the air that is inside the instrument - the air where the wave is established and that term is "column of air."
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What statement is true with regards to woodwind instruments?
A sound is produced in a wind instrument when a column of air vibrates inside a tube.A sound is produced when a column of air vibrates inside a tube.
What are the waves of the vibration in an air column called?
?? soundwaves?
What moves air into different parts of instruments and changes the length of the column of air?
valves
I am a type of musical instrument by blowing air in my multiple holes?
Harmonica.
The longer the vibrating string or the longer the vibrating column of air?
the lower the sound
What is melody in musical terms?
Melody is the principle part of any tune, or air.
What does wind tunnel mean in musical terms?
It could be refurring to the part of a wind instrument that the air flows through when blown in to. For example in a saxophone it would be the inside of the bell, and body, and the neck where the air firsts enters the horn
What does a decrease in the height of a column in a mercury barometer mean?
air pressure is decreasing
What does the musical term air mean?
It just means "melody". http://popularmusichistory.com/
What is an air column?
the weight of a column of air above you that puts pressure on you
What does fractional distillation column mean?
this is where liquid air changes back to various gases.
How does the length of an air column affect pitch?
A short air column produces a shrill note of higher pitch than a longer air column.
What does 201 mean in cop terms?
It means unhealthy air....
What factors decide the frequency of vibration of an air column?
length of vibrating air column
Violently rotating column of air?
A violently rotating column of air is called a tornado.
What does CRAC mean in Engineering terms?
Computer Room Air Conditioner.
What does FYI mean in airfreight terms?
for your information i am transporting freight by air.
