Questions on sound waves/air blowing/wind

[David Nereson]

A little belated, but . . . 
    It's like waves in the water.  If you're treading water, say, out quite a ways from the beach, and a big wave comes along, you mainly ride up and down with the wave as it passes.  You don't feel all its force or get washed ashore unless you're surfing on top of it, or closer to the beach.  The lowest A is like a big wave, whereas the highest C is like tiny ripples.  Sound velocity is relatively constant, regardless or the frequency.     --David Nereson, RPT  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: KeyKat88 at aol.com 
  To: pianotech at ptg.org 
  Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:52 AM
  Subject: Questions on sound waves/air blowing/wind


  Greeetings,

            This may sound elementary but, if sound waves are compressed and rarefacted molecules of air, then how is it that soundwaves are not wind, or air blowing...why can't you feel sound waves moving past your ear? ...(or can you feel them if the sound is loud enough?) This may sound crazy but, shouldn't a high note such as C88 make you feel colder  because its 4160cps of comp and raref's going past your body as compared with A0 at 27cps? Why arent sound waves enough to move air?

  This question has plagued me for a long long time.

  Thanks,
  Julia
  Reading, PA



            





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