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A strictly periodic tone can still be perceived as two distinct notes

A strictly periodic tone can still be perceived as two distinct notes

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Sep 20, 20261 min read

A strictly periodic tone can still be perceived as two distinct notes

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  • Frequency separation between two tones systematically shifts fusion, roughness, then resolution (similarity 0.83)
  • Low-frequency tones become relatively louder as level increases. (similarity 0.83)
  • No keyboard tuning can make every key sound justly intonated (similarity 0.83)
  • A scale built from pure major-triad intervals yields the just diatonic scale. (similarity 0.83)
  • Only the octave stays perfectly in-tune in equal temperament (similarity 0.82)
  • Even steady-state musical notes vary in amplitude envelope over time. (similarity 0.82)
  • Vibrato produces tremolo when harmonics sweep across resonant peaks (similarity 0.82)
  • Piano hammers and drumsticks produce repeated impacts creating non-linearity (similarity 0.82)
  • Harmonic spacing theories also fail once harmonics are non-adjacent (similarity 0.82)
  • Specific meaning arises only from an arbitrary contingent break (similarity 0.81)
  • Reed material and support determine its harmonic content (similarity 0.81)
  • Hard reeds fix pitch, freeing resonators to shape only harmonics (similarity 0.81)
  • Raising a tone’s level lowers low-frequency pitch but raises high-frequency pitch (similarity 0.81)
  • A pianoforte with raised dampers can physically re-echo sung vowels via sympathetic resonance (similarity 0.80)
  • Interval ratios between adjacent scale notes derive from division of C-based ratios (similarity 0.80)

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  • A strictly periodic tone can still be perceived as two distinct notes
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  • A baffling card against a tuning fork makes it dramatically louder
  • A nerve-fiber threshold near 0.5 yields the most reliable pitch periodicity estimates
  • A scale built from pure major-triad intervals yields the just diatonic scale.
  • A single performed melodic line can be heard as multiple simultaneous parts
  • Frequency separation between two tones systematically shifts fusion, roughness, then resolution
  • Hard reeds fix pitch, freeing resonators to shape only harmonics
  • Harmonic spacing theories also fail once harmonics are non-adjacent
  • Musical notes have distinct onset, steady-state, and offset acoustic phases.
  • No keyboard tuning can make every key sound justly intonated
  • Only the octave stays perfectly in-tune in equal temperament
  • Piano hammers and drumsticks produce repeated impacts creating non-linearity
  • Reed material and support determine its harmonic content
  • Vibrato produces tremolo when harmonics sweep across resonant peaks