{"id":34994,"date":"2024-06-06T12:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=34994"},"modified":"2024-06-06T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T12:19:44","slug":"do-the-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/06\/06\/do-the-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Do the Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Do-the-Wave.mp3\"> Do-the-Wave.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/Do-the-Wave.mp4\"> Do-the-Wave.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nHow does a wave<br \/>\nBehave<br \/>\nDoes it make<br \/>\nLike a snake<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCreating oscillation<br \/>\nLocomotion<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nPerpendicular<br \/>\nPropagation<br \/>\nObscure<br \/>\nEnergy transfer<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nThe wave did<br \/>\nIn liquid<br \/>\nWhile the snake<br \/>\nLeaves no wake<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nCreating oscillation<br \/>\nLocomotion<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nPerpendicular<br \/>\nPropagation<br \/>\nObscure<br \/>\nEnergy transfer<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental, Saxophone Solo, Bass]<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nThe physics of a wave moving through water and the movement of a snake share some similarities in terms of undulating motion, but they also have distinct differences due to the mediums and forces involved.<\/p>\n<h3>Physics of a Wave Moving Through Water<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Wave Creation:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Waves on the water surface are primarily generated by wind. The energy from the wind is transferred to the water, creating oscillations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wave Motion:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Transverse Waves:<\/strong> Water waves are generally transverse waves where the water particles move perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Particle Movement:<\/strong> In a water wave, particles move in circular or elliptical orbits. At the crest, particles move in the direction of the wave, and at the trough, they move in the opposite direction.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy Transfer:<\/strong> The energy is transferred through the medium (water) without the actual movement of the water over long distances. Instead, the water particles oscillate around an equilibrium position.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wave Characteristics:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wavelength:<\/strong> The distance between two successive crests or troughs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frequency:<\/strong> The number of wave cycles that pass a point per unit time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amplitude:<\/strong> The height of the wave from the equilibrium position to the crest.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Speed:<\/strong> The speed at which the wave travels through the water, determined by the wavelength and frequency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Snake Movement<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Locomotion Types:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lateral Undulation:<\/strong> The most common form of snake movement, where the snake generates horizontal waves along its body to push against the ground and propel itself forward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Concertina Movement:<\/strong> Used in narrow spaces, the snake alternates between stretching and contracting its body to move forward.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sidewinding:<\/strong> Used on slippery or loose surfaces, where the snake lifts parts of its body and places them down in a different location to move.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rectilinear Movement:<\/strong> A slow, straight movement used by large snakes, where the snake uses belly muscles to inch forward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muscle and Skeletal Involvement:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Snakes use their muscles and flexible skeleton to create undulating movements. The muscles contract and relax in waves, pushing against surfaces to generate forward motion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Similarities and Differences<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Similarities:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Undulating Motion:<\/strong> Both water waves and snake movement involve undulating, wave-like motion. In water waves, particles move in oscillatory paths, while snakes create lateral undulations along their bodies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Energy Transfer:<\/strong> In both cases, energy is transferred through a medium. For water waves, energy moves through the water. For snakes, muscular energy is transferred to the ground to produce movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Differences:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Medium:<\/strong> Water waves move through a fluid medium (water), while snake movement occurs on solid surfaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Particle Motion:<\/strong> In water waves, particles move in orbits or oscillate up and down. In snake movement, the entire body undulates laterally or longitudinally.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Forces Involved:<\/strong> Water waves are influenced by gravitational forces, surface tension, and fluid dynamics. Snake movement relies on muscular forces and friction with the ground.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/reptiles\/facts\/snakes\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Geographic on Snake Movement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/science\/physics\/mechanical-waves-and-sound\/mechanical-waves\/a\/waves-introduction\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Physics of Water Waves &#8211; Khan Academy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a target=\"_new\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Nature of Waves &#8211; Physics Classroom<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;Tempered Response&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/The_Beatless_Sense_Mongers\/\">The Beatless Sense Mongers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do-the-Wave.mp3 Do-the-Wave.mp4 [Verse 1] How does a wave Behave Does it make Like a snake [Bridge] Creating oscillation Locomotion [Chorus] Perpendicular Propagation Obscure Energy transfer [Instrumental, Guitar Solo, Drum Fills] [Verse 2] The wave did In liquid While the snake Leaves no wake [Bridge] Creating oscillation Locomotion [Chorus] Perpendicular Propagation Obscure Energy transfer [Instrumental, Saxophone [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9,14,3955,24],"tags":[546,563,3977],"class_list":["post-34994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4d-music","category-daniel","category-lyrics","category-megaepix-enormous","category-the-beatless-sense-mongers","tag-mp4","tag-music-videos","tag-tempered-response"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34994"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35007,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34994\/revisions\/35007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}