Asked by Aaron

A violin string vibrates at 440 Hz when unfingered. At what frequency will it vibrate if it is fingered one fourth of the way down from the end?

13 years ago

Answered by Steve

the string will be 3/4 as long, so it will vibrate with 4/3 the open frequency.

440 * 4/3 = 587 Hz

13 years ago

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