Inventor Paul Vo‘s latest crazy musical innovation is a hand-held wand that changes the sound of guitars like magic. Hold it up to a guitar string, and it’ll vibrate forever. Depending how you use the ...

A stunning new video of guitar strings vibrating has emerged on social media, providing a fascinating new look at the magic of slow motion filming and digital manipulation. Videoed in slow motion, ...

Usually a vibrating string produces a sound whose frequency is constant. Therefore, since frequency characterizes the pitch, the sound produced is a constant note. Vibrating strings are the basis of ...

This week’s question was asked by a friend. QUESTION: What is the science behind musical instruments? Music from instruments is produced by vibrating strings, vibrating air columns or percussion. Much ...