Science and music go hand in hand! Gain a better understanding of how science brings music to life with physicist Don Balanzat through this demonstration of frequency and resonance. #NationalSTEMDay — Learn more about the science of sound on MIM’s award-winning virtual STEM Tour, available now for kids in grades K–8. Details at MIM.org/virtual-field-trips | Musical Instrument Museum - MIM

All buildings have a natural frequency of oscillation or resonance frequency. While specific building geometries and materials control the resonance of a building, resonance frequency is largely a factor of building height. For example, taller, more flexible, buildings are susceptible to the smaller, low frequency oscillations of distant earthquakes, while shorter and stiffer buildings are more susceptible to the larger, high frequency shaking of nearby earthquakes. When seismic waves shake the