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The fundamental frequency of a guitar string is _____.


 
Definition of Fundamental Frequency:
The fundamental frequency of a string or air column is the lowest possible frequency in the set of natural frequencies at which that string or air column will vibrate.


 
Every object has a natural frequency or a set of natural frequencies at which it tends to vibrate at. When struck, plucked, strummed or somehow disturbed, the object will vibrate at one of the natural frequencies in its set of natural frequencies. The fundamental frequency is simply the lowest frequency value in the set of natural frequencies at which the object tends to vibrate. The other frequencies in the set of natural frequencies are simply whole number multiples of the fundamental frequency.