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There is a concept in physics called resonance. In lay terms, it describes the fact that for any given object there are natural frequencies at which the object “likes to vibrate”. A simple pendulum’s natural frequency is the rate at which it swings back and forth; if you wiggle the pendulum at the same frequency, the pendulum will swing farther and higher, but if your movements don’t match its own natural rhythm, it will only dampen the swing instead. If you have two objects, like guitar strings held taut, with different resonant frequencies, and one vibrates, the other will lay still. The distance between them is dampening any energy thrown out into space by the vibrating string. But if you have objects with the same resonant frequency next to each other, vibrations in one will reinforce vibrations in the other, and rather than dampen each other’s sounds, they will bring out the latent voices in each other to vibrate together louder. If you have a piano at home, you can try to feel th

There is a concept in physics called resonance . In lay terms, it describes the fact that for any given object there are natural frequencies at which the object "likes to vibrate". A simple pendulum's natural frequency is the rate at which it swings back and forth; if you wiggle the pendulum at the same frequency, the pendulum will swing farther and higher, but if your movements don't match its own natural rhythm, it will only dampen the swing instead. If you have two objects, like guitar strings held taut, with different resonant frequencies, and one vibrates, the other will lay still. The di

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