are resonate sound waves just air pressure waves and nothing more

[johnnyfalcon]

It seems that when something resonates to a sound thats a perfect way to copy and not waste energy! But is sound resonance nothing more than air pressure waves??are they one in the same??

Does form really amplify sound, if so then form must or could amplify energy or destroy it

[wrtner]

It seems that when something resonates to a sound thats a perfect way to copy and not waste energy! But is sound resonance nothing more than air pressure waves??are they one in the same??

Does form really amplify sound, if so then form must or could amplify energy or destroy it

Resonance is resonance. It doesn't matter whether it is mechanical (Tesla's earthquake machine), sound generating standing waves or an electrical circuit with L and C driven by an oscillating source.

Sound resonance is, as you say, pressure waves.

[johnnyfalcon]

Resonance is resonance. It doesn't matter whether it is mechanical (Tesla's earthquake machine), sound generating standing waves or an electrical circuit with L and C driven by an oscillating source.

Sound resonance is, as you say, pressure waves.

Then how come you cant resonate two different size tuning forks? They must be the same size for one to copy\resonate the other...

[wrtner]

Then how come you cant resonate two different size tuning forks? They must be the same size for one to copy\resonate the other.

I think you are talking of this:
Sympathetic resonance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If the forks were an octave apart, it would work. I suspect if they were a certain harmonic part, maybe E and B, it should work.

[mikrovolt]

As a complete study of resonance we expand the simple concepts to include the harmonics. A composite wave made up of multiple resonant frequencies having a shoebox of relationships.