Examples of Resonance

here’s a clip from the new blue like jazz movie where don is pondering whether the evidence for God can be found all around us in the beauty of life.

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The Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses because a wind rushes through, creating a sound that is the same pitch as the resonant frequency of the bridge causing it to shake till it collapses, or “dance, till it can’t dance no mo'”. (WIKI).


A wine glass breaking when it’s resonant pitch is played, which gives new meaning to this lyric, “my cup cannot contain all of your glory.”- David Crowder, After All (Holy)


Bugs Bunny cartoon where the opera singer sings a pitch so long that the entire concert hall collapses.


The music brings these otherwise lethargic and, as one of the physicians said, “dead” people to life.

There is a song that is the being sung that when we hear it, we are brought back to life and can’t help but sing along.


Take this example from a physics professor using two tuning forks to explain this phenomenon.

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