harmonics

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I like odd chord changes; when I was singing with the Jazz Passengers, that was sort of like going to college for me, they used all kinds of time signatures and harmonics and things.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

Bryce Dessner’s recent Violin Concerto was dominated by soloist Pekka Kuusisto’s vivid bowing, creating astonishing acoustical effects with harmonics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

Quantum bits can be described more precisely with the help of newly discovered harmonics as a team of 30 researchers reports in Nature Physics.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

In the Nature Physics publication, the researchers explore the origin and consequences of Josephson harmonics.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

Also, some musicians use the term overtones as a synonym for harmonics.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones