String instruments are a very common type of musical instrument in the world, and can be used to play many different types of music. They’ve been around for centuries, which means that there’s quite a bit of scientific data about them! In this article, we’ll take a look at how transverse waves work on string instruments. Transverse waves are those that travel perpendicular to the direction of the wave’s propagation. String instruments, such as a violin, create transverse waves on their strings when they vibrate. The vibration moves from one end of the string to another and back again in all directions, so it creates both longitudinal and transverse waves which combine together into what we hear as sound! A simple example would be if someone shook a rope with some kind of weight attached at either end; this is essentially how a string instrument works too. The frequency or pitch that an individual can make by playing these different types of notes depends on how fast each specific part (i.e., left hand vs right) is moving up and down – but not always
