Fundamental note vs fundamental frequency of string

[rude man]

Now that I think about it, the formation of "harmonic" notes may have been discussed when I took high school physics. It can make a great audio-visual demonstration that the vibrating string contains a mixture of modes; by "choosing" nodes at certain parts of the string you essentially select "compatible" sets of modes and therefore the overtone series which is heard.

Whatever fancy fingerwork you may or may not have done in your high school physics class has no bearing on this problem.

 

[olivermsun]

Please read the last sentence in Simon's post # 25. Whatever you may or may not have done in your high school physics class has no bearing on this problem.

Simon's last sentence reads: "There are fancy fingering things you can do, but they won't form part of your course."

Your assertion, meanwhile, was, "'Touching' a string does not seem to fit in with this theory, and would not seem to be the subject of an introductory physics course in any case."

I gave a counter-example in which "touching" a string was part of an introductory physics course, as a reply to an unfounded assertion made on both your parts.