One very important concept in the physics of sound (and for all of physics) is the law of conservation of energy: Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be transformed from one type of energ...One very important concept in the physics of sound (and for all of physics) is the law of conservation of energy: Energy cannot be created or destroyed but it can be transformed from one type of energy to another. When the mechanical energy of bowing a violin is turned into vibrational energy in the strings and then that energy is turned into sound energy in the air, a small amount of the total energy always ends up as heat.
