harmonics
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Researchers later realized this pattern resembles the harmonics of a vibrating string.
From Science Daily ● May 19, 2026
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
“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
This excitation triggers the generation of harmonic electronic states that give rise to single photons -- similar to how musical harmonics produce notes across multiple octaves.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 23, 2024
If we could listen to them all at once, fully orchestrated, in their immense ensemble, we might become aware of the counterpoint, the balance of tones and timbres and harmonics, the sonorities.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
