In this paper a theoretical and experimental treatment is given of guided sound wave transmission along circular cylinders of ideal liquid with various non‐dissipative boundary conditions. The field patterns, phase velocities, and cut‐off frequencies are calculated for the natural modes of propagation in the following cases: (1) liquid cylinder with rigid walls; (2) liquid cylinder with pressure‐release walls; (3) liquid cylinder embedded in infinite liquid; (4) liquid cylinder with liquid walls; (5) liquid cylinder with thin solid walls. The problem of determining the field produced by an arbitrary excitation in terms of the natural modes is also discussed.Experimental results are presented for cases (2) and (5) above. It is shown that the measured values of phase velocity are in agreement with those predicted by the theory.