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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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The differences between the sounds made by instruments constructed from different materials.
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Make Your Own Phonograph from Everyday Items
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Determine which material will muffle the most sound off a drum roll on the snare drum.
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What Material for an Acoustic Instrument Soundboard Has the Widest Range of Response?
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What Material Makes a More Resonant Acoustic Instrument Soundboard?
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Determine how the position, relative to the end of the string, of the pickup on an electric guitar affects the tone of the sound.
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Investigate how the musical note produced by a wine glass is affected by the fluid level in the glass.
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Make musical instruments using drinking straws.
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Making Music with Glass Bottles
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Quantifying the Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Violin Pitch
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Test whether there is a correlation between a flute's metallic properties and tone quality.
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Does the type of wood used for a soundboard in stringed instruments affect the way the notes sound?
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Determine how the placement of the soundpost affects a violin's sound.
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Compare and test natural cane and synthetic plastic clarinet reeds in order to determine which material can produce better intonation over a greater range of registers.
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How the use of different materials affects the bass response of a speaker
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Physics of Music Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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High School - Grades 10-12
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Does Altering the Mass Distribution of a Drumstick Affect Its Rebound off a Snare Drum?
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What Material Makes the Most Resonant Soundboard?
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Make Your Own Piezoelectric Pickup for Acoustic Guitar
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Build and test your own electric guitar pickup.
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Determine if the pot or resonator of a banjo affects the sound coming from the instrument.
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Find out which weight of gauge of guitar string would give the purest tones.
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Physics of Music Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Useful Links
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Engineering Resources
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Aviation Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Engineering Science Fair Books
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