What are the physics of a guitar?

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How would I explain the physics of a guitar, using scientific vocabulary, to someone who is new to playing the instrument? I want to be able to explain in scientifically but simple enough that they would understand.

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Hi Joshua1998,

A site called Hyperphysics is an excellent resource for these types of questions. Check out the following pages:

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hb ... ga.html#c1
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hb ... on.html#c2

You can click on each of the "bubbles" in the last two links to get additional information about the topics listed inside each bubble.