College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073512141
ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 11 - Conceptual Questions - Page 426: 1

Answer

The vibration of a string in a piano, guitar, or violin is not a sound wave. The vibration of a string in a piano, guitar, or violin is a transverse wave which moves along the material of the string.

Work Step by Step

The vibration of a string in a piano, guitar, or violin is not a sound wave. The vibration of a string in a piano, guitar, or violin is a transverse wave which moves along the material of the string. Because of the transverse wave in the string, a longitudinal wave is produced in the air and this longitudinal wave is a sound wave.
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