A string on an instrument (0.9 m long) carries travelling waves at 180 m/s. What are the 3 lowest notes?

Lucious C asked: A string on a musical instrument (0.9 m long) carries travelling waves at 180 m/s.
a.) What are the three lowest notes that this string can play (keeping the string at its full length)?
lowest:__Hz
second to lowest:__Hz
third to lowest:__Hz
b.) If a note was “fretted”, by reducing the length of the string to 0.225 [...]

Picking up a musical instrument?

jlraded asked: i’m nineteen and have never fully learned to play an instrument. i would like to learn some sort of string instrument or woodwind instrument. what instrument do you play and why did you choose to begin playing it?

What string-instrument learning strategy should I use?

RODGE C asked: I would very much like to learn (in the long run) the guitar, the banjo, and the sitar. I am greatly interested in all three for different reasons…the guitar seems to be the “standard” with a good deal of potential, the banjo possibly the most fun and intriguing, and the sitar (while [...]

What’s the best kind of mandolin to learn on?

wvonelovechick asked: For sometime I’ve wanted to teach myself to play a string instrument. Recently I decided on the mandolin. I can play flute, French horn, alto saxophone, and piano so I have a solid understanding of musical theory. The mandolin I buy doesn’t have to be anything fancy just something with a good sound.