tags: spectral-analysis mus-407 ece-402

Inharmonicity

Inharmonicity is the degree to which [frequencies] in a [sound]'s [spectrum] deviate from the [harmonic series].

Many acoustic sounds feature both harmonic and inharmonic content. [Synthesized] sounds often have to manually introduce [noise] or intentionally deviate from the harmonic series through arithmetic that avoids integer multiples.

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