Pitch can be perceived even when no partial exists at that frequency

Evidence

Listen carefully for the presence of a 200 Hz sinusoidal partial with only partials 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1200, and 1400 present. You won’t hear a 200 Hz partial at low sound intensities, yet a 200 Hz pitch will prevail. The 200 Hz partial is not there in the original sound, nor is it created for us by any part of the hearing system from the outer ear to the auditory cortex. What is created by that system is the sensation we call pitch. Pitch is not partial. — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2031

Categorization

• XREF: The claim that no part of the hearing system from outer ear to auditory cortex creates the missing partial ties into neural processing chapters on cochlear responses and cortex organization. — connects to: A short pop can still carry a recognizable resonant pitch; Pitch is a human synthesis keyed to autocorrelation, not pure physics; A combined waveform can produce a perceived pitch absent from its actual frequency components — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 323 (+27 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2031

Broader Connections

• A perceived pitch can exist with no partial at its own frequency. #corroborates (1.00)
• A combined waveform can produce a perceived pitch absent from its actual frequency components #corroborates (0.95) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 323
• Listeners reconstruct a perceived pitch that is not physically present #corroborates (0.93)
• A bell’s perceived pitch is usually absent from its actual partials #exemplifies (0.90)
• Place and timing theories fail to explain some complex pitch perception phenomena #complicates (0.85) — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 907
• Adding higher partials can drop the perceived pitch of a tone #expands (0.80) — Eric J. Heller, Why You Hear What You Hear- An…, 2067
• Pitch maps to repetition frequency but is not a simple physical property. #corroborates (0.80)
• Pitch perception depends on harmonics being integer multiples of the fundamental #qualifies (0.75) — David Howard, Jamie Angus, coustics and Psychoacoustics, 864
• Echoed sounds spaced 1-10 ms generate a perceived pitch of 100-1000 Hz #exemplifies (0.72)