Physics
Two musical notes of the same pitch and same loudness are played on two different instruments. Their wave patterns are as shown in figure below.
Explain why are the wave patterns different.
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Answer
Different instruments produce different subsidiary notes. A note played on piano has a large number of subsidiary notes, while the same note played on violin does not contain so many subsidiary notes.
Hence, they have different waveforms.
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