Accentuating individual harmonics makes them perceptually break away as separate notes

Evidence

In each case, the highest common factor of the components is f0. This method also provides a basis for understanding how a pitch is perceived for non-harmonic sounds, such as bells or chime bars, whose components are not exact harmonics (integer multipliers) of the resulting f0. — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 864 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Harmonic complex tones dominate daily life through speech and music; Resonantly enhancing one high partial produces a perceptually separate note; A strictly periodic tone can still be perceived as two distinct notes (+5 more)

Related

• Pitch perception depends on harmonics being integer multiples of the fundamental (similarity 0.89)
• Harmonics are integer-related partials while partials need not be harmonic (similarity 0.85)
• Harmonic tones are integer multiples of a fundamental frequency (similarity 0.85)
• Individual harmonics relate to each other as musical intervals, not just numeric frequency ratios. (similarity 0.84)
• A 34-cent tuning difference changes a chord’s identity and residue pitch (similarity 0.83)
• Pitch of harmonic sounds is determined by the fundamental frequency. (similarity 0.83)
• Resonantly enhancing one high partial produces a perceptually separate note (similarity 0.83)
• Highest common factor of partials encodes perceived pitch (similarity 0.83)
• Rising F0 lowers resolved harmonic interactions and worsens pitch extraction (similarity 0.83)
• Pitch perception derives from the highest common factor of sound components (similarity 0.83)
• Harmonic complex tones dominate daily life through speech and music (similarity 0.83)
• Harmonic amplitudes shape timbre and loudness but not pitch. (similarity 0.82)
• Pitch is perceptual while frequency is acoustic, and not all sounds have pitch (similarity 0.82)
• Chord dissonance rises as harmonic number increases and interval shrinks (similarity 0.82)
• Perceived pitch is set primarily by fundamental frequency. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Pitch perception depends on harmonics being integer multiples of the fundamental #expands (0.80) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 864
• Pitch strength declines as stimuli move from pure tones toward noise #complicates (0.75)