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Shattering a Wine Glass with Sound at 187,500FPS – The Slow Mo Guys

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Pipe resonance

A column of water and a tuning fork are used to illustrate the raised amplitude that results from pipe resonance

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Strobe Lights and String – Standing Waves

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Making music podcast

Standing waves in strings, Speed of waves in strings, Standing waves in strings – other harmonics, Beats, Open ended pipes, Open ended pipe harmonics, Closed pipes, Closed pipes harmonics, Harmonics & timbre, Spectral analysis Download the notes. Download the video.

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Veritasium – Can Silence Actually Drive You Crazy?

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Sound: Making music quiz

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Sound intensity & decibels quiz

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Amazing Resonance Experiment

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60% quieter?

Last week, the Federal and NSW governments announced that work would begin on building a second airport in Sydney. Sydney’s current airport has a night-time curfew due to noise concerns over populated areas, but one of the reasons for building … Continue reading

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Rollerblade bottle tune guy – Michel Lauzière

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