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The Overtone Series | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tones whose pitch ratios form simple fractions
make up the overtone series. For example,
starting with C:
Note: As a result, tones further along the overtone series are slightly higher or lower in pitch than the commonly used note of the tempered scale. |
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