Musical Tone from Water Glass · PhysicsBowl 2021 #12

Physics

Problem

A person places some water on their fingertip and rubs the fingertip around the top surface of a water glass to produce a particular musical tone. This process is most closely associated with which of the following phenomena? A) Diffraction B) Dispersion C) Doppler effect D) Refraction E) Resonance

Browse the problem library