David Politzer, “The Physics of Banjos” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Ideas Roadshow Podcast
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What's the Difference Between a Banjo and a Guitar?
There's a clear mathematical relationship between the rim size and and how people are not so well. The lowest resonance, the lowest note that it could actually make when you measure it. As you go down and pitch that sounded perfectly smooth and fine. But in terms of spectrum, there is no furie component. There's no sinasoidal piece of the wave at a hundred cycles per second. So what's happening is that this note that you hear, the head and the thingoe nt vibrate at that.
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