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Tuning Forks

Tuning forks are specialized two prong forks. They are made in different lengths and sizes to create specific notes when struck. They are used to help tune musical instruments.

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What is the beat frequency when a 494 Hz tuning fork and a 499 Hz tuning fork are sounded together?

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The beats are the sum and difference of the components ... (A + B) and (A - B).

If something really non-linear is also going on, you also get (2A - B), but we'll

leave that alone for right now.

That pair of forks produces beats at 2 Hz and 990Hz .

Two tuning forks struck at the same time one tuning fork has a frequency of 20 hz while the second tuning fork has a frequency of 226 hz how many beats will result?

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Number of beats heard in one second will be got by the difference between the parent frequencies. Hope you have given wrong data for parent frequencies. The first one has to be 220 Hz and the other is 226 Hz. Hence 6 beats will be heard in one second.

If you say 20 is the right one then difference will be 206. If 206 beats get produced in one second it will not be named as beat at all. Moreover our hearing could not recognize this as beating at all. So better correct the given data.

How do you produce a note from a tuning fork?

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What is the frequency of tuning fork?

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Tuning forks are available for all standard notes, but the most common is an A note, which is 440 Hz

How do you use tuning fork?

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if u hit it on a wooden desk (like a classroom desk) it will vibrate and you can see and feel the vibration of a tuning fork like that. If u touch it ur finger/hands will keep it from vibrating .

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How can you produce a louder sound with a tuning fork?

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Put it by something which will resonate in sympathy with it, such as a soundbox or sympathetic string.

If electricity is an option, electrical amplification can make a sound as loud as needed.

Looks like a tuning fork for doctors?

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The low-pitched tuning fork (C128) is used to test sensation of vibration. Higher pitched tuning forks are used in neurological examinations.

Which person leads musicians in tuning there instruments?

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Usually it's the principal oboe. In case of a piano concerto, the orchestra will tune to the piano.

If one tuning fork vibrates at 340 Hz and a second one vibrates at 640 Hz which fork sends out a longer wavelength?

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Lower frequency equates to a longer wavelength, so the 340 Hz tuning fork would emit a longer wavelength sound.

What frequency would you hear with a 340 Hz tuning fork near a guitar string vibrating at 350 Hz?

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340 hz is the pitch or note that is sounding. It's the times the string would vibrate per second. By 350 hz guitar, I would get you would be playing a note on the low E string and it would sound sharp to the tuning fork. You would hear a subtle beat or pulsing when sounded together. That beat would get slower and slower as you loosened the string to bring the pitch down until it quit altogether. Your would then have that note tuned to 340 hz. BTW...standard tuning is called A440 meaning that the A note is tuned to 440hz.

What will happen if a vibrating tuning fork is placed near another tuning fork of the same frequency?

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Yes.

It's an effect called 'resonance' - two identical things can vibrate in synch if the vibrations of one can someone pass to the other. The usually way of doing this is to stand them both on the same surface, so that the vibration can pass through that object.

What does the tuning fork do to produce a sound wave in the air?

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Most tuning forks are designed to resonate at 440 hertz when struck. That is the frequency of the A before middle C on a keyboard or the A string on a guitar, violin, etc. You just strike the tuning fork then adjust the tension on your A string until the string vibrates at the same frequency as the tuning fork. Then you tune the rest of your strings from the A string.

What happens when a tuning fork is dipped into water?

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it will fizz because the vibration will shake the water and create a motor effect

Why can tuning fork sounds be made louder by standing them on an empty wooden box?

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a wooden surface is better for a tuning fork rather than, say, a metal surface because the wood vibrates less than metal, and doesn't interfere with the vibrations of the fork. rubber is probably the best surface to hit a fork on.

How would you use a tuning fork to tune a piano?

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Tune the piano's A440 to the fork. You don't have to tune it perfectly at first. As long as you know what side of "smooth" you're on, you can tune A440 so that there is a comfortable beat-rate when played with the fork. Then tune the piano's A220 to the piano's A440. Make the beat rate for A220 the same as when you play A440 against the fork. If you made A440 sharp, tune A220 "outside of smooth". If you made A440 flat, tune A220 "inside of smooth". A220 will be in tune. Alternative: Tune one wire of A3 with the fork, as described above (but tune it near the correct frequency). Then tune the other wires of A3 to the first one, using the same "beat" idea. Finish by pulling the first wire to unison.

Which bands play in standard tuning?

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What is the effect of temperature on frequency of tuning fork?

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The effect of temperature on the frequency of a tuning fork is slight, for the length of the tines is little changed. A steel tuning fork would not be used as a precision frequency reference, though quite adequate for audio purposes.

As the temperature increases, the lines will lengthen, and the frequency will decrease.

What kind of instrument is a tuning fork?

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Although the tuning fork is not usually thought of as a musical instrument, technically, it would be classified as a percussion instrument.

What does the glass and fork symbol?

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The glasses are a symbol of society and logical reasoning, since Piggy was the one who thought things through for himself instead of following the crowd. Logic is thereby lost from the boys when the glasses are crushed and Piggy is killed.