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Sounds Amazing
A nice site designed to help students to understand sound and waves, very well presented. There are acoustic and audio related web demonstrations and experiments.
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Energy in the Air: Sounds from the Orchestra
Explores the sounds from a symphony orchestra, with historical facts, several sound samples and illustrations for each instrument group.
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Quality, Sound
Sound "quality" or "timbre" describes those characteristics of sound which allow the ear to distinguish sounds which have the same pitch and loudness.
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Introduction to sound
The basics of sound waves, including really useful animations of how sound travels
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Uses of Waves
A series of summaries on uses of waves for the UK GCSE level. Covers topics such as sound waves and electromagnetic spectrum.
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Waves, sound & acoustics
This site gives an overview of the physics of sound through a series of links to relevant articles.
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Interference of Sound
A good explanation of how sound waves can interfere and affect what you hear. Includes details of a demonstration with a tuning fork.
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Sound Waves and Music
A tutorial from the Physics Classroom that clearly explains lots of topics related to waves and music with good animations.
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Beats
When two sound waves of different frequency approach your ear, the alternating constructive and destructive interference causes the sound to be alternatively soft and loud - a phenomenon which is ...
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Why do sound waves transmit farther at night? Is it because it is quieter at night?
A simple explanation of why sound travels long distances at night. There are some attractive graphics.
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