overtone series

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overtone
noun[C]
uk
/ˈəʊ.və.təʊn/us
/ˈoʊ.vɚ.toʊn/
something that is suggested, but is not ...
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series
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsɪə.riːz/us
/ˈsɪr.iːz/
a number of similar or related events or things, one ...
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Here begins the 'acoustic chorale', a sequence of six- or seven-pitch chords imbued with intervallic allusions to the acousticovertoneseries.
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Theovertoneserieswas represented in notation format and examined visually.
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Diminished sevenths and augmented triads fall into this category: they lack the perfect fifth that is the defining feature of 'natural' generation from theovertoneseries.
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Sound, then, is not simply a matter of physics or acoustics, or of pitch class,overtoneseriesor harmony, and not even simply of timbre and sound envelopes.
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Students then proceed through a process of discovery beginning with theovertoneseriesand improvisations inside the piano.
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They form theovertoneseriesof the string, and they are the basis for musical acoustics.
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The flageolets appear on the harmonic positions of theovertoneseries, therefore these positions are marked as the musical scale of this instrument.
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A defining feature of a bugle call is that it consists only of notes from a singleovertoneseries.
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It produces discrete notes in theovertoneserieslike a valveless brass instrument.
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This scheme and the nature of theovertoneseriescreate the possibility of alternate fingerings for certain notes.
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Within eachovertoneseries, the different pitches are attained by changing the embouchure, or lip-aperture size and firmness.
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This assertion rests on the fact that undertones do not sound simultaneously with its fundamental tone as theovertoneseriesdoes.
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In common with all bugle calls, it consists only of notes from a singleovertoneseries.
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The other basic intervals (second, third, sixth, and seventh) are called imperfect because the harmonic relationships are not found mathematically exact in theovertoneseries.
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Because theovertoneseriesdoes not allow stepwise movement until the upper register, the tessitura for this repertoire is very high.
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Eachovertoneserieson the trumpet begins with the first overtonethe fundamental of eachovertoneseriescan not be produced except as a pedal tone.
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Not only do the performers produce partials from theovertoneseriesin each note they sing, but all of the fundamental tones are also related by whole-number overtone ratios.
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If a minor third is tuned in accordance with the fundamental of theovertoneseries, the result is a ratio of 19:16, this produces an interval of 297.51 cents.
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The theory of the chord of nature does not resist examination because a chord by definition consists of several notes, each with its ownovertoneseries.
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Since 2001 he has developed a technique of basing his harmonies on theovertoneseries, with common partials above different fundamentals serving as pivots for progressions and modulations.
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