Well done to Samrakshini (Y9) for her creative submission to the Institute of Physics’ national Eureka competition.
Her project explores how physics helps us to solve the mystery of why music sounds different in varied venues. Take a look at her cover letter below:
Music is everything to me and without it, my life would never be the same. In my musical journey so far, I have performed in and listened to concerts in various places. I have noticed that the music does not sound the same in each hall even if it is the same composition played by the same person! Why does this happen? What is the answer to this mystery? Physics! More importantly resonance frequency in physics. In my video, I explain how resonance frequency works. Resonance frequency is the reason we feel our bodies vibrate near a speaker, or glass is shattered when someone has sung an exceedingly high note. Resonance frequency is made up of two particularly important words, frequency, which is the amount of sound waves that pass a point in a length of time, and resonance, which is when a vibrating object causes another object to vibrate. When vibration is reduced, automatically the acoustics improve. This is how physics helps us to solve the mystery of why music sounds different in varied venues.
Watch the full video below.
