In a message dated 3/22/2000 3:19:29 PM,
oakley@... writes:
>>I usually use the term "partials" because it was beaten into me that
>the Fundamental is not a harmonic...
>Hi all,
>In the UK the fundamental is the first harmonic, the second harmonic is
>twice the fundamental and so on. We use the term overtone to describe
>the higher orders. That is, the first overtone is the second harmonic,
>the second overtone is the third harmonic, etc. Thus n in Fourier
>equations, and mechanical resonance, is indeed the harmonic number.
This is the way I've always heard it as well (on the left coast of the US),
first harmonic = fundamental, second harmonic = first overtone.
>But we also have different terms for 'note' and 'tone', and I'll be
>buggered if I can remenber which is which :-)
But you don't have semi-demi-hemi-tones do you (which would probably be a
very small interval)?
JB