Instructional Video

The Physics of Playing Guitar

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Everyone knows that guitar music rocks - but why? And how? Learn about the ways a single pluck can create sounds that resonate from string, to ear, to soul with a fascinating video about the physics of sound vibration.

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Instructional Ideas
  • Use in a music theory class, a physics class, or in a language arts class when reinforcing reading skills for informational text
  • Create a flipped classroom lesson in which class members watch the video at home, before class, or in a computer lab session, and discuss what they have learned in class the next day
Classroom Considerations
  • Once the assessment comes up, it's difficult to return to the video for review
Pros
  • Appealing to all viewers, particularly your more reluctant learners who prefer jamming on their guitar to studying physics
  • Video is engaging, colorful, and entertaining
  • Comes with an assessment to check for understanding, as well as a reading passage to enrich your instruction
Cons
  • None