harmonics
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Researchers later realized this pattern resembles the harmonics of a vibrating string.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
Graphene has long been a promising candidate for HHG research, but its perfect symmetry restricts it to producing only odd harmonics -- frequencies that are odd multiples of the original light source.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
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
NOTE: This method of naming and numbering harmonics is the most straightforward and least confusing, but there are other ways of naming and numbering harmonics, and this can cause confusion.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
