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several years ago i read a book about art in which there was a description about what occurs when a string instrument is played in a room full of other, quiet, string instruments: resonance. the instrument whose string in plucked creates sound waves, vibrations in the air. the air around the quiet string instruments moves with the same frequencies. this causes those instruments to quietly sing out the same note - thus the expression "it resonates" or it "strikes a chord".