The windings have nothing to do with the pitch, the core of the wound string does it all... If you had a wound string with the same size core as an unwound string they'd be the same pitch at the same tension...I was just wondering, let's say a two strings are the same diameter, say .020, and they are at the same tension, what will the difference in pitch be between a wound and plain string?
I almost want to say that the wound would be slightly higher because by having tiny gaps in the surface of the winding, it would therefore have less mass. Also, based on that, I would think that the smaller the diameter, the less the difference between the plain and wound.
Now I've never tried this or anything and am basing all my assumptions just on the physics of it, which I would think are correct. Can anyone give some more info on the subject?
That confirms my assumption, at the same tension, wound will be higher because it has less mass. I'm wondering how high I can comfortably tune a .017 or .018 wound.A plain string of the same diameter will have a higher tension than a wound one, if they're tuned to the same note. If you tune them to the same tension the wound one will be tuned higher.
lolwat?The windings have nothing to do with the pitch, the core of the wound string does it all... If you had a wound string with the same size core as an unwound string they'd be the same pitch at the same tension...
That analysis is correct. The plain string in your scenario would have a lower pitch because it has a higher linear density.Thanatopsis said:I almost want to say that the wound would be slightly higher because by having tiny gaps in the surface of the winding, it would therefore have less mass.
Not quite. For fixed length and tension, the frequency is determined solely by the linear density of the string. Doesn't matter what it's made of or how it's made.The windings have nothing to do with the pitch, the core of the wound string does it all... If you had a wound string with the same size core as an unwound string they'd be the same pitch at the same tension...
