The Strings
The
pitch of vibrating strings depends on three different
traits of the string. These traits are the mass, tension, and length.
The more
massive the string is the slow it vibrates and the lower sounding noise
is
produced. The tension in the strings changes the pitch, tighter means a
higher
sound, looser means a lower sound. And the length changes the frequency
by
changing the amount of the string that is free to vibrate.
When
playing a guitar the mass and tension of the string
stay constant while the player changes the length of the string by
pressing it
to a fret. By doing that the length of the string is shortened and
gives a
faster vibration. The vibrations are sent to the body of the guitar
through the
neck of the guitar where the sound is emitted.
Each string
corresponds to a note E, B, G, D, A, and E. Each note corresponds to a
different frequency. When a fret is pressed the note changes along with
the frequency of the note. For string one here is a chart of the
different notes, frequency, and length of the string.
