Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe no ke aha e haʻalulu ai ka hekili i nā puka makani a i ʻole nā hale? I ka wā ua, i ka wā e pā ai ka uila, lohe pinepine ʻoe i ka hekili. I kekahi manawa e haʻalulu ai ka hekili i nā puka makani, nā hale, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe. Ua ʻike anei ʻoe i kēia? ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole wale ka hekili e haʻalulu ai i nā puka makani; hiki i ke mele mai nā mea hoʻolele leo bass ke haʻalulu i nā puka makani a i ʻole nā hale! No ke aha e haʻalulu ai ke kani i nā puka makani, nā hale, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe?
Ua aʻo paha ʻoe ua hana ʻia kēlā me kēia mea me nā ʻātoma a i ʻole nā molekala. Ke haʻalulu mau nei nā ʻātoma a i ʻole nā molekala e hana ana i kahi mea paʻa. Inā e haʻalulu mau ana nā ʻātoma e hana ana i kahi mea paʻa, no ke aha i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai nā mea paʻa a puni mākou, e like me nā pōhaku, ke aniani, a me ka hao, e haʻalulu? ʻO kēia no ka mea he liʻiliʻi loa ka amplitude o nā haʻalulu i hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia me ka maka ʻōlohelohe. Pēlā nō hoʻi no nā paia a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
Ua kau anei ʻoe ma luna o kahi ʻūlili? Ma hope o kou noho ʻana ma luna o kahi ʻūlili, ua paʻi ʻia ʻoe i mua, a laila ke ʻūlili a neʻe ʻoe i mua a i mua. I mea e neʻe mau ai, pono e paʻi mau ʻia ʻoe a me ke ʻūlili. Inā neʻe ka ʻūlili i hope akā e neʻe ana ka paʻi i mua, lilo ka neʻe ʻana o ke ʻūlili i mea ʻē. I mea e neʻe mau ai ke ʻūlili, pono e kūlike ka paʻi me ka neʻe ʻana o ke ʻūlili.
E noʻonoʻo i nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala e hana ana i ke aniani puka makani e like me kahi ʻūlili e luliluli ana i mua a i mua. No ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka nui o nā haʻalulu o nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala a mālama i kahi ʻano maʻamau, pono e loaʻa kahi ikaika hoʻokele e kūlike me nā haʻalulu.
He nalu ke kani e holo ana ma waena o kahi mea hana. Ke pā ka uila, hoʻomaka nā nalu hekili e hele mai ka pā uila i nā ʻaoʻao a pau ma o ka lewa. ʻO nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala ea, e like me ka hele ʻana o nā nalu hekili, e neʻe i mua a i hope. Ke pā ka nalu hekili i ka puka makani a i ʻole kahi hale, ʻo ka neʻe ʻana i hope a i mua o nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala ea e paʻi i ke aniani, kahi e haʻalulu nei hoʻi. E like me ka ʻōwili, kūlike ka neʻe ʻana o nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala ea me nā haʻalulu o nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala aniani, e hoʻonui ana i ka nui o nā haʻalulu a e ʻike ʻia ai. I nā huaʻōlelo ʻē aʻe, ʻo ke alapine o nā nalu hekili ua like ia me ke alapine kūlohelohe o ka haʻalulu o nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala aniani, a i ʻole kekahi mea e haʻalulu ana.
ʻO ka haʻalulu o ka puka makani a i ʻole ke aniani hale ke kani ka hekili he laʻana ia o ka resonance e hana ʻia i ko kākou ola o kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki nō hoʻi ke hana ʻia ka resonance me nā tuning forks. Inā like ka alapine (frequency) o ʻelua tuning forks, a laila i ka wā e haʻalulu ai kekahi, haʻalulu pū kekahi, i ka wā hoʻomaha mua. Hoʻoluliluli ʻia ka tuning fork i ka wā hoʻomaha mua e nā ʻātoma a me nā molekala o ka ea i hele ʻia e nā nalu kani e hoʻomaka ana mai ka tuning fork haʻalulu mua. 🙂