Definition of inharmonic in English:
inharmonic
adjective ɪnhɑːˈmɒnɪkˌɪnhɑrˈmɑnɪk
Music Not harmonic.
Example sentencesExamples
- Acoustically, this is an important distinction because each ratio produces an inharmonic or inharmonic timbre - a property usable compositionally.
- We wanted to use equal temperament with wholeness by creating equal-tempered partials but we have also achieved a way of using inharmonic sounds with integrity.
- We set the relative frequency of the six oscillators to values which result in inharmonic frequencies.
- Why base a music on the harmonic series and employ inharmonic instruments to realise it?
- Output 46 provides a signal with an adjusted resonant frequency, minus the inharmonic tones.
Derivatives
noun
Music The difference is just enough that a tuning will not sound right unless inharmonicity is dealt with.
Example sentencesExamples
- They proposed that inharmonicity is responsible for the ‘warmth’ property common to real piano tones.
- A large grand piano has less inharmonicity because the strings are longer relative to diameter.
- After all, they are subject to inharmonicity, resonances, and other things that change the frequency of sound.
- String tension has increased to the extent that strings are almost as rigid as metal bars, and sharing some of the same inharmonicity of overtones.
Definition of inharmonic in US English:
inharmonic
adjectiveˌɪnhɑrˈmɑnɪkˌinhärˈmänik
Music Not harmonic.
Example sentencesExamples
- We set the relative frequency of the six oscillators to values which result in inharmonic frequencies.
- Why base a music on the harmonic series and employ inharmonic instruments to realise it?
- We wanted to use equal temperament with wholeness by creating equal-tempered partials but we have also achieved a way of using inharmonic sounds with integrity.
- Output 46 provides a signal with an adjusted resonant frequency, minus the inharmonic tones.
- Acoustically, this is an important distinction because each ratio produces an inharmonic or inharmonic timbre - a property usable compositionally.