Animations of Acoustic Waves

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WAVE INTERACTION

 

 

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 STANDING WAVES

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HEARING SOUNDS

 

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HEARING SOUNDS
   
Harmonics
 

 

The picture below shows the composition of the complex tone when the fundamental is removed. The signal certainly looks very different but, as you can hear from the audio file, the pitch of the note is unchanged.

NOTE D

NOTE D WITHOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL

We notice that the perceived pitch of the note remains unchanged even if this fundamental frequency is removed. However, the character of the note is changed.

If you click on the blue buttons above, this should launch the Windows Media Player in a  separate window.  

   

 

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