Is it true that the longer the string of a harp, the lower the pitch?
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Yes.  If you shorten a string on any stringed instrument to half its length, the pitch goes up exactly one octave.
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there are several ways to do this, if you can recognize the tone of E which will be your largest string what you will do is set that to where you know you have the right sound then you will hold e at the fifth fret and pluck  then pluck a open, make your adjustment on a until e held on the 5th fret and a open have the same pitch, then you just repeat the process with the rest of the strings, e on 5 is a open a on 5 is d open etc. or you can use an electronic tuner if you need to get dead accurate, however if you can't hold tune then maybe the problem is in the tuning pegs the bridge or the neck of your guitar maybe warped
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Depends on the length of the interval, just like with notes. \n\nhttp://www.dolmetsch.com/musictheory2.htm
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The thicker the string the slower the vibrations occuring when plucked. A thin string is light-weight, so it is free to vibrate at a faster frequency, giving the sound a higher pitch. The thicker the wire, the slower the vibrations will be. Guitar strings can be wrapped with copper to add weight to the string, slowing down vibration capacity, giving it a lower pitch.\n\nThe tightness of the string will also affect the pitch. The more lose a string is, the WIDER the vibrations occur, causing the pitch to lower. The tighter the string, the tighter the vibration, causing the pitch to be higher
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How long is a piece of string! comes to mind
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You have stated that the tuning fork B is loaded and has a lesser frequency than that of A.\n\nLet the frequency of B be N and you know that N is lesser than 256 Hz.\n\nBeat frequency is the difference between the two frequencies.\n\nTherefore 256 - N = 10 ( given).\n\nOr N = 246 hz.\n\nFor your second  question:\n\nVelocity = frequency X wavelength.\n\nIn a closed tube the first resonant length is obtained when the length is one fourth of the wavelength.\n\n Therefore L = 4 x l.\n\nOr V = 4 N l where N is the frequency and l is first resonating length.\n\n\n344 =  4 x 440 x l.\n\nl = 344 / 1760 = 0.195 m  = 19.5 centimeter.
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no.\nsound waves travel faster in warm temperatures than in colder ones.\nWhile sound does travel faster in warm air, it doesn't necessarily travel farther. If sound is traveling over a warm area, the temperature normally decreases with increased height, thus the top part of the horizontally traveling sound wave will propagate slower than the lower part. This causes an upward refraction of the sound, bending it away from the ground. However, over a cold area, such as a frozen lake, the upper air may actually be warmer than the lower layer of air. This causes the sound wave to travel faster in the upper region resulting in refraction of the sound towards (along) the ground. And the sound will "travel" farther over the cold surface than over the warm surface.
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HUH?!\n\nTune a regular guitar to A=440. Bass guitars tune to A=330 or A=220... one octave below a guitar.
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The frequency of the sound wave determines the pitch.  When you speed up a recording, you are increasing the frequencey, so pitch rises.  The reverse happens when you slow down a recording.
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Well, why not?  It's just part of the instrument's range.  The open notes for every string are determined by ease of playing scales, making E the logical candidate after B (on the guitar, anyway.)
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Which end? The bridge or nut?\nIf it is from the bridge end, and exactly one-third, the frequency would be slightly higher than 3 X 294 Hz. (Slightly sharp because you pressed the string down, which increases the tension slightly, so you would compensate by pressing the string just a fraction longer than one third the distance in order to get a D note tone exactly 3 X 294 Hz).
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yeah, you can.   it may even sound a bit better in the lows, though it may leave something to be desired in the mid and high ranges.
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Very Carefully...\nIn short it depends on what key you're going for.\nI found these at a tuning website\n8 String Fourths   F# B E A D G C F     \n8 String Standard   F# B E A D G B E     \n8 String Hunter   E A D A D G B E   \n\nIn addition to this, this page\nhttp://www.well.com/user/wellvis/tuning.html#8string\nhas a nice selection of 8 string tunings, hope it helps.
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Tightening the string (or making it shorter, or a smaller diameter).
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Yes, speed of sound is "fixed", like the speed of light and does not depend on the frequency\n\nFrequency affects the volume, if it's peak and trough changes. Higher the peak and trough, the louder the sound and vice versa.\n\nFrequency affects the pitch,if it gets higher or lower. Higher the frequency, higher the pitch, lower the frequency lower the pitch.\n\nHowever sound does change speed depending on the medium it's traveling in.  It travels faster in water,I believe.\nAnd it cannot travel in vacum, so it has zero speed in space.
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I'm not sure why you'd want to lower it.  You should enjoy it while you have it!!
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AS LONG AS YOU WANT THE STRING TO BE.