Animations of Acoustic Waves

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 STANDING WAVES

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HEARING SOUNDS

 

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HEARING SOUNDS
   
Harmonics
 

 

This next picture shows the composition of the complex tone in which the fundamental as well as the first partial have been removed.

Once again, as you can listen from the audio file, the pitch of the note remains unchanged. The audio file contains the note D with the fundamental and the first partial successively removed.

NOTE D

NOTE D WITHOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL

NOTE D WITHOUT THE FUNDAMENTAL AND THE FIRST PARTIAL

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

   

 

HEARING SOUNDS

   
   

   

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