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When the length of the straw changes the sound or pitch changes. ... The longer the straw the lower the pitch – the shorter the straw the higher the pitch.
- How does the length of a straw affect the frequency?
- What makes straw flute produce sound when air is blown?
- How the length of sound waves affects pitch?
How does the length of a straw affect the frequency?
The higher the frequency, the higher the perceived pitch. The shorter straw should have made a sound wave with a higher frequency than the longer straw, and so the shorter straw should have made a higher pitch than the longer straw.
What makes straw flute produce sound when air is blown?
The air inside each straw. When you blow across the top of your straw flute, you cause the air inside each straw to vibrate as it moves around. That movement of air is what we hear as sound. ... A longer vibration makes a lower sound.
How the length of sound waves affects pitch?
When the length of a string is changed, it will vibrate with a different frequency. Shorter strings have higher frequency and therefore higher pitch. ... The more fingers she adds to the string, the shorter she makes it, and the higher the pitch will be.
