Charles Taylor recreates John Tyndall's experiments demonstrating resonance. Watch the full second lecture of the series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1989/exploring-music/the-essence-of-an-instrument?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description Charles Taylor gave the 1989 Christmas Lectures "Exploring Music" about how science and music are often treated as separate subjects but one can often say a lot about the other. His second lecture, where this clip is from, explores the properties that any instrument has to have in order to produce musical sounds. Watch the full series: https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures/watch/1989/exploring-music?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_term=description The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://www.rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter