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Harmonic Series

The harmonic series is an acoustical phenomenon that explains the timbre of instruments among other things. When we listen to a sound we hear a series of sounds called the harmonics series. This is the harmonic series based on C2:

harmonic series

This image shows the frequency analysis of the note C2. Each peak is an harmonic in the series. We have marked some of them:

armónicos

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