How to calculate 1st Overtone Frquency

[Ben James]

How to I calculate the overtone frequency and the wavelength when I'm given the values to calculate the fundamental frequency of a string?

I've got equations such as:

L=lambda/2 * n, v = f * lambda (Maybe I'm missing one?) I don't know how to use them in this event.

Any hints?

 

[stevendaryl]

How to I calculate the overtone frequency and the wavelength when I'm given the values to calculate the fundamental frequency of a string?

I've got equations such as:

L=lambda/2 * n, v = f * lambda (Maybe I'm missing one?) I don't know how to use them in this event.

Any hints?

Do you know what the meaning of the variable $n$ is in the expression relating $L$ and $\lambda$?

 

[Ben James]

Do you know what the meaning of the variable $n$ is in the expression relating $L$ and $\lambda$?

Just been looking over it again. I believe it's the harmonic number. Do I get the wavelength by Lamda = L

And I get the frequency by f = n/2L Squareroot(T/mu)?

 

[stevendaryl]

Just been looking over it again. I believe it's the harmonic number.

Some people might use the phrase "harmonic number", but there is another common word that starts with "o".

As for your answer, you have two equations involving L and v, and neither one mentions mu or T, so those don't need to appear in your answer.