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- What is a tuning fork used for?
- What is tuning fork answer?
- What is tuning fork in physics?
- What is a tuning fork in music?
What is a tuning fork used for?
For those who are unaware, a tuning fork is a two-pronged metal fork that can be used as an acoustic resonator. Traditionally, this tool has been used to tune musical instruments. Tuning forks work by releasing a perfect wave pattern to match a musician's instrument.
What is tuning fork answer?
A tuning fork is a small steel instrument which is used to tune instruments by striking it against something to produce a note of fixed musical pitch.
What is tuning fork in physics?
A tuning fork serves as a useful illustration of how a vibrating object can produce sound. The fork consists of a handle and two tines. When the tuning fork is hit with a rubber hammer, the tines begin to vibrate. The back and forth vibration of the tines produce disturbances of surrounding air molecules.
What is a tuning fork in music?
Tuning fork, narrow, two-pronged steel bar that when tuned to a specific musical pitch retains its tuning almost indefinitely. It was apparently invented by George Frideric Handel's trumpeter John Shore shortly before Shore's death in 1752.
