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HARMONIC PARTIAL [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2009-08-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Music (General)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- harmonic partial
1, record 1, English, harmonic%20partial
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Frequency (vibration) that results from subdivision of a fundamental pitch and that occurs simultaneously with the fundamental vibration, resulting in a complex or resonant tone. 2, record 1, English, - harmonic%20partial
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. 3, record 1, English, - harmonic%20partial
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Musique (Généralités)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- partiel harmonique
1, record 1, French, partiel%20harmonique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Composante du son dont la fréquence est forcément le multiple entier de la fréquence fondamentale. 1, record 1, French, - partiel%20harmonique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Música (Generalidades)
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- parcial armónico
1, record 1, Spanish, parcial%20arm%C3%B3nico
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Tono que es un múltiplo entero de la frecuencia fundamental. 2, record 1, Spanish, - parcial%20arm%C3%B3nico
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Los timbres están formados por cantidades variables de armónicos o parciales que cambian a lo largo del tiempo con respecto a un tono o frecuencia fundamental. Los parciales son las ondas que complementan a la onda fundamental para crear un timbre, si las frecuencias de los parciales son múltiplos enteros de la frecuencia fundamental son denominados parciales armónicos, y si son múltiplos reales son denominados no armónicos. 3, record 1, Spanish, - parcial%20arm%C3%B3nico
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Las cuerdas quisieran oscilar lo más cerca posible de los parciales armónicos, es decir, múltiplos enteros del fundamental. 4, record 1, Spanish, - parcial%20arm%C3%B3nico
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
Parcial inarmónico, no armónico. 2, record 1, Spanish, - parcial%20arm%C3%B3nico
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