Why Does a Guitar Sound Like A Guitar?

The physics of acoustic guitars is way more complicated than you might think. What makes a guitar sound unique? Why does it sound the way it does? The answer to these questions are nothing short of fascinating. This video is a sequel to a video I made recently on how electric guitars work. Link: • How Does An Electric G...
Link to harmonic waveform generator: meettechniek.info/additional/...
This video only gives a basic description of guitars, but for further reading, check out this website from the University of New South Wales:
newt.phys.unsw.edu.au/music/g...
And this book: "Technology of the Guitar" by Richard Mark French
Thank you so much to Dr. Timothy Jenkins and Dr. Richard Mark French for help with the awesome science in this video! And thank you to everyone who supplied videos of playing their stringed instruments.
Created By Ben Mesko

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Very cool Ben!

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so that’s how they work…