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Elementary School - Grades 4-6
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Determine whether the pitch of a string can be changed by changing tension or length of the string?
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Identify the locations of harmonics on an acoustic guitar and relate them to guitar string lengths.
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Figure out which stringed instrument had the greater loudness.
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Explore what happens to air molecules when a trumpet is played and see if the effects of invisible air molecule movement could be made visible.
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Musical Instrument Engineering & Construction Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Middle School - Grades 7-9
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Which musical intervals are most effective at producing sympathetic vibrations on open guitar strings when another string is picked (plucked).
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Which instruments are used to recreate bird songs and bird calls in classical music?
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Generate unique sounds with string systems and analyze their wave form and spectrum graphs.
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Violin Sound Analysis
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Determine which vowels have the most harmonics
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Determine which musical instrument has the purest tone through visual image analysis of the digitized sound waves.
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Determine why the same notes sound different when played on different instruments, and how these differences can be mathematically characterized.
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Measuring Sound Frequencies from Glass Goblets
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What is the effect of woofer orientation on bass response
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Find out which weight of gauge of guitar string would give the purest tones.
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Musical Instrument Engineering & Construction Science Fair Projects & Experiments
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Useful Links
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Science Fair Projects Resources
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Citation Guides, Style Manuals, Reference
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Safety Resources
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Physics Science Fair Books
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