harmonics

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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

“There’s something that happens when you lock in to somebody and all the harmonics ping,” says Sting backup singer Jo Lawry.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

She folded trills, stops and sweet harmonics into unbroken lines, and when she harmonized with herself, she utilized the plushness and patience familiar from her Bach recordings.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2024

Intriguingly, these harmonics correlate with the energies of SPEs observed across numerous experiments conducted worldwide.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

Because numbers are used in music to identify everything from beats to intervals to harmonics to what fingering to use, this naming system is sometimes less confusing.

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