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Violin acoustics, a Common card
Violin acoustics is an area of study within musical acoustics concerned with how the sound of a violin is created as the result of interactions between its many parts.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 169
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,800
Power 169 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Violin acoustics quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Violin acoustics card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both ends of a violin string are effectively stationary, allowing for the creation of ______ waves.
Answer
standing. Both ends of a violin string are effectively stationary, allowing for the creation of standing waves. From the Violin acoustics article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Alex Pereira. Alex Pereira 87 · Amy Madigan 83 · BP Pedestrian Bridge 78 · Violin acoustics 74 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Romaine Brooks. Romaine Brooks 27,000 · BP Pedestrian Bridge 10,000 · Violin acoustics 6,800 · Durham University Library 2,400 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- These acoustic qualities are similar to those of other members of the violin family, such as the viola.
- The energy of a vibrating string is transmitted through the bridge to the body of the violin, which allows the sound to radiate into the surrounding air.
- Both ends of a violin string are effectively stationary, allowing for the creation of standing waves.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Violin acoustics article was read about 6,800 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Violin acoustics
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Text : Wikipedia, Violin acoustics (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Jaime Ardiles-Arce, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
