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It's hard, but a woodwind instrument can play multiple notes at the same time. This shouldn't be physically possible. In this video, we learn about acoustics and chaos theory to understand how this phenomenon works. Become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/PhysicsfortheBirds 0:00 Introduction 2:50 How Woodwinds make Sound 6:15 Harmonics 9:13 A Model for Multiphonics 13:22 Synthesizing Sound with the IPF Woodwind Acoustics: https://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/flutes.v.clarinets.html Acoustic Impedance: https://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/compliance-inertance-impedance.htm#ref Impulse Pattern Formation: https://pub.dega-akustik.de/ISMA2019/data/articles/000056.pdf IPF Multiphonics: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.05452 IPF Code: https://github.com/Simon-Linke/IPFbasics