Editing String vibration (section)

{{Short description|A wave}}
[[Image:Standing waves on a string.gif|thumb|250px|Vibration, [[standing wave]]s in a string. The [[fundamental frequency|fundamental]] and the first 5 [[overtone]]s in the [[Harmonic series (music)|harmonic series]].]]

A [[vibration]] in a [[strings (music)|string]] is a [[wave]]. [[Acoustic resonance#Resonance of a string|Resonance]] causes a '''vibrating string''' to produce a [[sound]] with constant [[frequency]], i.e. constant [[pitch (music)|pitch]]. If the length or tension of the string is correctly adjusted, the sound produced is a [[musical tone]]. Vibrating strings are the basis of [[string instrument]]s such as [[guitar]]s, [[cello]]s, and [[piano]]s. For an homogenous string, the motion is given by the [[wave equation]].