Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2014-04-24 05:40
Think of a string of a given length tied taught between two posts. Strummed it produces a note, also known as its fundamental. If you place a finger at the center of the string so that only half of it vibrates, you get a note which is one octave higher or the first over tone or partial. Subsequent divisions give you another octave, a fifth, a major third etc. Listening carefully to any given produced note, you may be able to hear these partials within the fundamental sound. This is the fundamental principle that underlies the playing of brass instruments.
I need to correct myself. The first partial IS the fundamental, and the series is as follows: octave, fifth, fourth, major third, minor third, minor third, major second.
When referring to OVERTONES, all apply EXCEPT the fundamental (or first partial).
..............Paul Aviles
Post Edited (2014-04-24 10:33)
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