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INHARMONICITY [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2010-09-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Music (General)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- inharmonicity
1, record 1, English, inharmonicity
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The degree to which the frequencies of overtones (known as partials, partial tones, or harmonics) depart from whole multiples of the fundamental frequency. 2, record 1, English, - inharmonicity
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Strings would like to oscillate as closely as possible to harmonic partials, or whole-number multiples of the fundamental. In practice, the partials do not occur at precisely those simple ratios, because strings have thickness as well as length, which lends them "inharmonicity", or an inability to vibrate harmonically. 3, record 1, English, - inharmonicity
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Musique (Généralités)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- inharmonicité
1, record 1, French, inharmonicit%C3%A9
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Nature d'un son musical dont les composantes, que l'on appelle partiels ne sont pas harmoniques, c'est-à-dire ne sont pas à des fréquences multiples entiers du son fondamental. 1, record 1, French, - inharmonicit%C3%A9
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Música (Generalidades)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- inarmonicidad
1, record 1, Spanish, inarmonicidad
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
- inarmonía 1, record 1, Spanish, inarmon%C3%ADa
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fenómeno que tiene lugar en los instrumentos musicales. Este fenómeno provoca la desviación de las frecuencias de los diferentes sonidos parciales o armónicos según cada uno de ellos y acorde a la frecuencia fundamental de la cuerda. 1, record 1, Spanish, - inarmonicidad
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] se produce una inarmonía cuando el segundo armónico de la nota fundamental La 440 en lugar de producirse a 880 Hz [hercios] variará levemente, por ejemplo, a 880,4 Hz. 1, record 1, Spanish, - inarmonicidad
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
No confundir el término inarmonía, desviación de diferentes sonidos parciales, con enarmonía, 2 notas con distinto nombre pero igual sonido. 2, record 1, Spanish, - inarmonicidad
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