Musical Sounds
Consider a pipe with one end closed
waves reflect at both ends but there is a node at the closed end and an anti-node at the open end
Fundamental has ?/4 = L
f1 = v/? = v/4L
In general, ?n = 4L/n but n is odd!
fn = v/ ?n = nv/4L n=1,3,5,...
Lower frequency
as L increases
Lower than both open
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