The almost inaudible higher tones which occur with the fundamental tone They are the result of the vibration of small sections of a string (instrument) or a column of air Other general terms for overtones are partials and harmonics
One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a 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
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
If something has overtones of a particular thing or quality, it suggests that thing or quality but does not openly express it. It's a quite profound story, with powerful religious overtones. In acoustics, a faint higher tone contained within almost any musical tone. A body producing a musical pitch such as a taut string or a column of air within the tubular body of a wind instrument vibrates not only as a unit but simultaneously also in sections, resulting in the presence of a series of overtones within the fundamental tone (i.e., the one identified as the actual pitch). Harmonics are a series of overtones resulting when the partial vibrations are of equal sections (e.g., halves, thirds, fourths). Partials are nonharmonic overtones that is, tones the frequencies of which lie outside the harmonic series. Overtones contribute greatly to the timbre of a given sound source, even though few listeners are aware of hearing any pitch except the fundamental. There are a few rare examples of the human voice creating overtones, notably in the chants of the Tibetan monks and the songs of the Tuvan throat singers. The latter can sometimes produce two overtones
Of a sinusoidal wave, an integral multiple of the frequency, i e , the fundamental, of the wave, other than the fundamental itself Note 1: The first overtone is twice the frequency of the fundamental, and thus corresponds to the second harmonic; the second overtone is three times the frequency of the fundamental, and thus corresponds to the third harmonic, etc Note 2: Use of the term overtone is generally confined to acoustic waves, especially in applications related to music Contrast with fundamental, harmonic
The almost inaudible higher tones which occur with the fundamental tone They are the result of the vibration of small sections of a string (instrument) or a column of air Other general terms for overtones are partials and harmonics
a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair
{i} harmonic, secondary tone which is higher than the primary or fundamental tone (Music); something which is subtly suggested, subtle implication, connotation