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Definition of Overtones
1. overtone [n] - See also: overtone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overtones
Literary usage of Overtones
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"overtones and Timbre. — When a single tone is sounded, it is usually ... They are
called overtones. A fundamental with its overtones constitutes a simple ..."
2. The Psychology of Musical Talent by Carl Emil Seashore (1919)
"overtones overtones explain timbre. The richness of musical tones is due to the
presence and relative distribution of overtones. ..."
3. Organ Registration: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Distinctive Quality of by Everett Ellsworth Truette (1919)
"The overtones are represented by the black notes, the larger notes indicating
the more powerful overtones. The numerals indicate the ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"If air from the lungs ia bination of overtones, as follows: forced against the
cords under the above condi- The letters p, pp, f, ff, and mf have the usual ..."
5. Elements of Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1922)
"How overtones ARE MADE The solid line is a violin string fastened at A and B.
... They are called overtones, because they overlay the fundamental tone. ..."
6. Mind and Voice: Principles and Methods in Vocal Training by Samuel Silas Curry (1910)
"This is the first of the secondary vibrations or overtones. ... The maker of a
tuning fork endeavors to eliminate all overtones so as to emphasize the ..."
7. Physics by Charles Riborg Mann, George Ransom Twiss (1905)
"Evidently those strings that correspond to the overtones will be set into vibration
by FIG. 197. RESO- resonance, while the others will remain at rest. ..."
8. The Story of Musical Form by Clarence Lucas (1908)
"overtones and tone colour—Natural harmonics—Many past systems— Meantone
system—Auditory nerves of the future—What is equal temperament ? ..."
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