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Old 27th July 2004   #6
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Originally posted by jbuntz
Something I've thought about alot actually. Triodes pretty much exclusively generate even harmonics. The 2nd harmonic is you probably know is the octave and is always musically related to the note played. The 3rd is the octave and half and may or may not be in the scale. The more spectral material this is not musically related to the fundamental is just more white noise vail to listen through. ....



I wonder if that 3rd harminic would be less objectionable if we still expected to hear instruments tuned to the pythagorean temperment?


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