My junior year physics class sparked my interest in STEM. I became fascinated by the power of physics––specifically, its simple yet astonishing equations that have applications in our daily lives. While exploring waves and simple harmonic motion, I saw the connection to my personal interest in sound engineering. I knew that guitars generated tones based on their harmonics, but diving into physics helped me understand the relationship between standing waves and harmonics on a deeper level. This led to start an investigation on the fundamental properties of strings and its relationship to the fundamental frequency.

This research paper was written based on the research question: How does the linear density of a string affect its fundamental frequency? As a guitarist, I always had this question in my head, and this was the research that explored my interest while gaining fundamental knowledge in physics. This research reconfirmed my choice in Audio and Music Engineering, which beautifully dovetails my love for both music and physics.