Musical Bottles
Active Time
10-20 minutes
Total Project Time
10-20 minutes
Key Concepts
music, sounds, physics, sound waves, frequency
![]() IntroductionHave you ever blown across a bottle's top and made a pleasant, resonant sound? If so, have you wondered how that note is made exactly? A bottle is actually what is called a closed-end air column. Clarinets and some organ pipes are examples of musical instruments of this type. In this science activity, you will use bottles to investigate how the length of a closed-end air column affects the pitch of the note that it makes.CreditsTeisha Rowland, PhD, Science Buddies
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Active Time
10-20 minutes
Total Project Time
10-20 minutes
Key Concepts
music, sounds, physics, sound waves, frequency
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