Meaning of natural harmonic | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a sound produced by lightly touching the string as opposed to pressing it against the fingerboard, usually with the actual pitch notated
2. The series of pitches produced by a wind instrument without modulation by a mute, valves, or keys.

Examples

“Although stopping may have⟳ served to produce⟳ some chromatic sounds, and partially filled up some of the smaller gaps in the natural harmonic series, the characteristic clearness of trumpet-tone was largely lost when the instrument was thus muted by having the passage through the bell closed by the hand.”

“Desirably, a tuner gives the separate⟳ Larigot 1 1/3' rank the same perfect pitch as the natural harmonic.”

“Each valve or valve combination forms its own⟳ natural harmonic series; however, every valve instrument is by nature out of tune⟳ with the equal tempered scale. That is, certain pitches within the natural harmonic series are out of tune⟳ relative to the pitches used in equal temperament.”

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