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the overtones doing all the emotional labor while the fundamental note takes credit.
means the extra frequencies riding above a note's base pitch that give an instrument its distinct color and timbre.
from from greek harmonikos, 'skilled in music,' via harmonia meaning joint or agreement — pythagoras noticed a vibrating string naturally splits into fractions that sound pleasing together.
guitar tricklightly touching a string mutes the fundamental, isolates one overtone
why instruments differsame note, different harmonic recipe, totally different sound
human voicesingers shape harmonics with their vocal tract to change tone
physics twinsame math describes standing waves, light, and quantum states