Submitted by senpai_maccer t3_11xeku9 in askscience
Coomb t1_jd8p3ae wrote
Reply to comment by El_Sephiroth in When the amplitude of a longitudinal wave changes, why doesn't the wavelength change? by senpai_maccer
Are you trying to draw a distinction here somehow between the wave dynamics in a guitar string and the dynamics in a rubber band that's pulled taut enough to support oscillation? They're the same. A rubber bands stretched taut between two supports and then plucked is exactly the same as a guitar string except that it's far more compliant. Whatever reasoning explains why a guitar string still makes the same sound even if you pluck it harder is identical to the example already given.
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