source file: m1387.txt Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 09:23:13 -0700 Subject: Re: Over-/Undertone series From: alves@orion.ac.hmc.edu (Bill Alves) >The controversy is over the concept of the undertone series _as an >acoustical phenomenon_ -- and this is something that, as Max Meyer >pointed out clearly, cannot exist. I should point out a couple of exceptions. In overblown winds, the fundamental can softly sound and affect the timbre. Likewise in string harmonics (flageolet tones). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Bill Alves email: alves@hmc.edu ^ ^ Harvey Mudd College URL: http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/ ^ ^ 301 E. Twelfth St. (909)607-4170 (office) ^ ^ Claremont CA 91711 USA (909)607-7600 (fax) ^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^