Music Student 101
Music Student 101
Jeremy Burns, Matthew Scott Phillips
46-The Overtone Series
1 hour 3 minutes Posted May 27, 2018 at 5:07 pm.
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The overtone series is alive and well in every note you hear. Within the vibrations of a tone, or a note, there are other smaller vibrations that are occurring. We will start with the fundamental and look deeper into the overtones, or harmonics, that occur and at which order they appear. We will also discuss timbre and other things that are influenced by and, likewise, influence certain overtones.