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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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http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/

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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http://library.thinkquest.org/5116/

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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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/timbre.html#c1

Introduction to sound

The basics of sound waves, including really useful animations of how sound travels

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http://www.fearofphysics.com/Sound/dist.html

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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http://www.s-cool.co.uk/topic_principles.asp?loc=pr&topic_id=3&subject_id=16&ebt=315&ebn=&ebs=&ebl=

A Java applet showing two types of wave - transverse and longitudinal. Transverse waves include all electromagnetic [radio, radar, i.r., visible, u.v., X-rays], and longitudinal waves are sound waves.

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http://members.aol.com/nicholashl/waves/movingwaves.html

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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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/interf.html#c1

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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http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/beat.html