The missing fundamental is still heard when all low harmonics are removed

Evidence

An important special case of this is the phenomenon of perceiving the missing fundamental. If the lowest partial(s) of a harmonic tone complex are missing, the pitch of the sound still corresponds to the fundamental frequency of the tone complex. The sound is perceived somewhat differently, as if the colour of sound is a bit thinner, and the pitch strength may be weaker, but in many cases the pitch does not change. The perception of pitch as being the frequency of the missing fundamental is an example of virtual pitch, also known as residue pitch. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1115 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Listeners perceive the fundamental frequency even when its lowest partials are absent — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1115; A kettledrum’s tone is perceived with a missing fundamental

Related

• A kettledrum’s tone is perceived with a missing fundamental (similarity 0.95)
• Listeners perceive the fundamental frequency even when its lowest partials are absent (similarity 0.94)
• Humans perceive a fundamental frequency even when it is absent from the signal (similarity 0.91)
• Removing lower harmonics barely changes the perceived pitch of a complex tone. (similarity 0.88)
• Missing-fundamental pitch does not involve hearing an actual sinusoidal partial (similarity 0.86)
• Removing the fundamental frequency does not change perceived pitch. (similarity 0.85)
• Removing a sound’s fundamental leaves its perceived pitch unchanged (similarity 0.85)
• Listeners perceive missing fundamentals from the harmonics that remain (similarity 0.84)
• Missing fundamental pitch survives even when cochlear distortion is masked out (similarity 0.83)
• Listeners perceive the pitch of a bass note even when its fundamental is absent. (similarity 0.83)
• Pitch can be heard even when no sound component exists at that frequency (similarity 0.82)
• Removing low harmonics from a complex tone leaves its pitch unchanged. (similarity 0.82)
• A pitch can be heard even when only its higher harmonics are present (similarity 0.82)
• A bell’s perceived pitch is usually absent from its actual partials (similarity 0.81)
• Helmholtz’s nonlinear-interaction theory of missing fundamentals is untenable (similarity 0.81)

Broader Connections

• Listeners perceive the fundamental frequency even when its lowest partials are absent #corroborates (1.00) — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 1115
• A kettledrum’s tone is perceived with a missing fundamental #exemplifies (0.85)