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Question
Two musical notes of the same pitch and loudness are played on a violin and a piano. Their waveforms are as shown in the figure below:
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Solution
Through the musical notes of the same pitch and loudness are played on a violin and a piano but their wave patterns are different because the waveform depends upon the number of overtones and their relative intensities.
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