A more universal apparatus is the electronic tuner, a device that has the same purposes to that of a tuning fork but an opposite methods. Now, the Tuning Fork isn't exactly a device that is more commonly used by musicians. This key becomes the matching pitch as instruments would have to be tuned to 'concert A' to properly sound in harmony. If we were to talk scientifically, this single note would be the frequency of 440 Hz or in more musical terms, the note 'concert A'. It is the Tuning Fork's job to provide a single note that an instrument or maybe even an orchestra can tune to.

If, for example, an instrument such as a a piano or a guitar have a component or key that is a out of tune then the whole instrument wouldn't sound right. Here is a visual representation of how the Tuning Fork emits sound.Ī Tuning Fork is to obviously tune instruments or voices to the right pitch. Compression and rarefaction are the pressure areas that collectively form a sound wave, thus creating the sound of a hum. Note that the rapid movements of the tines are scarcely visible but the sound particles they create are not. Rarefaction is a low-pressure area that is directly adjacent to compression area, in which the air particles are spread out when the tines move back to each other. This movement causes air molecules to compact with each other, forming a single area in which the air particles are bunched up together.

Compression is a high-pressure area that is formed when the Tuning Fork's tines are moving apart from each other. These air molecules can create two kind of pressure areas compression and rarefaction. The air molecules surrounding the tuning fork when struck, are displaced as fluctuating against each other. When the tuning fork is struck, it emits very fast waves that crash against air molecules, creating echo.

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