THE PHYSICS OF THE VIOLIN

[@NewHamInTown]

Thanks for taking the time to do this video. i loved it and the playing at the end was delightful. Stay safe and keep playing.

[@squarewave2]

Thank you New-Hamin Town! I really appreciate feedback.

[@teekuuu]

Beautiful. Thank you for your time with this detailed explanation. It helps

[@bernardjenkin4077]

i’m playing guitar but violin is nice to listen to so i thought i’d learn how they work. thanks

[@DylanBrams]

This is a fantastic video.

[@lightbulb1952]

Nice video! Thanks for the tune.

[@proggR]

oh man... I have an oscilloscope that I need new probes for, and now I want to find probes I can tap into audio sources. any recommendations? I'd love to play violin/guitar/sing/whatever else and see it reflected on the scope.

[@visualtrigger2469]

Well done. Thank you!

[@Mick_Holland]

Thanks for posting another enjoyable video. It was fun watching the scope in the background while you played the Londonderry Air. Cheers 👍🏼

[@cosplaymemories1487]

Thankyou so much for the physics lesson kind sir! ❤

[@FluxCondenser]

Nicely presented. Thank you.

[@eddyaudio]

Thanks John for excellent demonstration of you Violin,As side Note A Tuning Fork was used in Broadcast Transmitters in the early days of broadcasting in the U/K as a frequency Standard before Crystals to generate the carrier’s frequency then multiply up and they then send that single frequency by land line to put all Transmitter locked in phase,Reference to all that is in BBC History about the technical side in the early days in Broadcasting 73 John.

[@BogenmacherD]

At 3:23 you say "The horse hair has microscopic barbs, that pluck the strings continuously...". That is not correct. Horse hair is perfectly slick and the string is drawn or pushed by the sticking force of the rosin. You can check that under a cheap and simple school microscope and/or by trying to play without rosin.

[@platinumphonesandcomputers]

hahaha you are search a multi talented gentleman. its surprising how people long ago created search fine instruments without tutorials

[@BogenmacherD]

9:55 "The older the violin, the better it will sound". That is not a physical fact but a general assumption held up by dealers in old violins and lacks any evidence. You also don't offer any explanations why an old violin should sound better nor any theory what would happen in physics. It is actually well researched by now that older wood has more damping and so looses it resonance quality. As modern violins regularly beat older violins in blind tests, this kind of proves it. The finest old violins (Stradivari etc.) have thus most probably sounded better when they were new.

[@Chiavaccio]

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