Music and Columns of Air

Develop Your Understanding

1. Did the diameter of the tubes have an effect on the pitch of the sound produced? If it did, what was this effect?

2. Why are tubes of varying length used in this investigation? Did the varying lengths produce varying sounds?

3. What relationship (if any) was shown with the addition of the holes drilled in the tubes? Why might this have caused some changes in the sound produced?

4. What is there about a recorder that makes it so easy to produce music? What are the limitations of a recorder?

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