source file: m1481.txt Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1998 22:31:03 EDT Subject: Re: Overtones and Tone Color From: Can somebody in this forum help me understand the concepts of overtones and tone color? For example, A440 produced by a tuning fork consists of vibrations having frequencies of mostly A440. But A440 played on a piano or a tuba will have more overtones, frequencies that are multiples of 440 - 880, 1320 etc. This is were I lose it. Are overtones different frequencies produced by different aspects of whatever materials are producing the sound? So if the sound is being created by simpler materials such as a tuning fork, the will be fewer other frequencies involved, whereas if the sound is created by a piano, the hammer and string are more complex materials and therefore have more frequencies or overtones? ------------------------------ End of TUNING Digest 1481 *************************