Fran Scott and Greg Foot explore the science of sound, music and musical instruments. Drawing inspiration from some great pieces of music, like Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Holst’s The Planets Suite ...

Watch how the violin and string instruments make varieties of sound and music. Professor Richard Church, conductor of the University of Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra, introduces the violin and other ...

The purpose of a string in a string instrument is to vibrate and produce sounds. How it vibrates is decided by its mass per unit length, its stiffness, and how well it allows vibrations to flow ...