Sound travels in all directions. High pressure waves expand in all directions. But in string instruments you hear mostly the vibrating instrument that holds the string, which is why it's not the string that costs a million dollars, but the wood that holds it.
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Reply to How can we hear an oscillating string from every angle? by GreatKhaaaaan
Sound travels in all directions. High pressure waves expand in all directions. But in string instruments you hear mostly the vibrating instrument that holds the string, which is why it's not the string that costs a million dollars, but the wood that holds it.