A bit more ..
All vibrating things vibrate at their fundamental frequency, and every overtone in the harmonic series.
Interestingly, what makes a flute sound different from a trumpet playing the same note is the relative amplitude of the overtones.
This is the same reason your voice sounds different from your wife's voice when singing the same note, or just speaking.
It is like a code that our brains decodes.
Fascinating subject.
Last edited by Tico; 05-23-2017 at 04:45 PM.
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