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Producing Tone

     WAVES (briefly) 

v=f(wavelength)   where v=speed of sound (in air), which is approx. 343 m/s.

Guitars take advantage of the fact that a string under tension vibrates at a certain frequency.  Controlling this frequency is the tricky part.  The frequency of vibration of a string depends entirely on the
properties of the string, including length (L), tension (T), mass (m), and flexibility or stiffness (similar to spring constant, k, in Hooke's Law of Springs).