what makes the pitch of a guitar? If you use a rubber band there’s also different pitches but they don’t have frets

Question

what makes the pitch of a guitar? If you use a rubber band there’s also different pitches but they don’t have frets

In: Physics

Answer 1

Depending on where you hold down a guitar string (on which fret), it is able to oscillate back and forth at a certain speed. The rate that it oscillates is the note that it is playing.

Different guitar strings have a different thickness. The thickness contributes to how much it will oscillate. Think of how after a certain thickness, you would eventually have a rod that won’t wiggle at all.