Klarinet Archive - Posting 000480.txt from 2000/08

From: "mark weinstein" <cpaok@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] inharmonic (anharmonic) vs. decay vs periodic vs recipe
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 15:51:34 -0400

I am really confused now with the terminology:

IN-harmonic
AN-harmonic
EN-harmonic

Do all of these words have *separate* meanings? OR, is there a misspelling
present? Does Webster's (or whatever equivalent dictionary) allow for
different (yet correct) spellings.

B# on the staff goe to C ... E# on the staff goes to F ... (I thought) this
was an example of EN-harmonic(s).

Tony mentioned AN-harmonics relative to FREQUENCY of sin waves (and sound
produced by the waves, I take it).

Help - please, somebody throw me a (harmonic) life preserver before I drown!
Can somebody recommend a good text to read on Tony's subject of harmonics,
overtones, sine waves, etc. Thanks. mw

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Pay" <Tony@-----.uk>
Subject: Re: [kl] inharmonic (anharmonic) vs. decay vs periodic vs recipe

> On Thu, 17 Aug 2000 09:30:05 -0700 (PDT), Bilwright@-----.net said:
>
> > It seems to me (but I am not presenting myself as an expert in this
> > stuff) that we are confusing different aspects of waveform with each
> > other because of imprecise definitions:
>
> No, I'm not:-)
>
> > > The sequence, f, 2f, 3f, 4f, 5f, etc is called the 'harmonic
> > > series', and sounds that can be analysed in this way -- periodic
> > > sounds -- are called 'harmonic'.
> >
> > No, 'harmonic' means that the _FREQUENCIES_ of the component sine
> > waves have whole number relationships. Thus sine waves are periodic,
> > but not all periodic waves are harmonic.

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