One of the harmonics faintly heard with and at a higher frequency than a fundamental tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.
Similar in concept to a harmonic. Overtones are tones produced by an instrument (or sound source) that are higher in frequency than the fundamental. They may or may not coincide with the frequencies of a harmonic series (harmonics), but they usually do. The difference is that harmonics are always musically related to the fundamental in that they are integer multiples of it. Overtones of a sound are often exactly the same as its harmonics except the first overtone is considered the second harmonic because the first harmonic is the fundamental. Overtones are also sometimes called partials (more on them later).
An odd numbered multiple of the fundamental frequency.
a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
a harmonic produced by a particular device
a harmonic with frequency above the fundamental
a higher natural frequency for a given string
any tone that is produced above a fundamental tone. Since instruments (and vocalists) produce sound in a variety of ways the overtones of each can be, i.e. between two saxophones, very similar or, i.e. between a piano and oboe, quite different.
A hint of a secondary color that has tones of pink, silver, or blue.
a multiple of a primary pitch called the fundimental. The series of overtones (multiples) of a pitch are refered to as the overtone series and form the basis of tonal music. See also the section on the overtone series for more details.
A secondary frequency within a sound. All naturally occurring sounds consist of a combination of multiple overtones.
Of a sinusoidal wave, an integral multiple of the frequency, i.e., the fundamental, of the wave, other than the fundamental itself.
A secondary color that overlays the body color of a pearl, usually rose, green or blue in color.
A third tone which emerges as the product of a harmony.
An overlay of color displayed by high-quality pearls. For example, black Tahitian pearls often show an overtone of rosé and green. White akoya pearls of finest quality show overtones of rosé.
A frequency accompanying the fundamental in a musical note. May or may not be harmonic. Usually refers to the secondary vibrations from the body of a musical instrument.
Unsung tone heard above the highest tone of a properly balanced and matched chord.
The hint of secondary color found in pearls that is typically pink, green, blue and silver.
A tone that is present in the sounding of a fundamental, due to the physics of the production of musical tones.
A whole-number multiple of the fundamental frequency of a tone. The overtones define the harmonic spectrum of a sound. See Fourier analysis, partial.
Harmonic partial higher than the fundamental frequency which contributes to the resonant quality or timbre of sound. -P,Q
An overtone is a sinusoidal component of a waveform, of greater frequency than its fundamental frequency.