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倍音 (ばいおん, baion) Japanese meaning: overtone | Kotomora

倍ばい音おん

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Meanings

1

overtone; harmonic; harmonic partial

music›physics›

Technical term in music and physics for a frequency component that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

バイオリンの音おとには多おおくの倍ばい音

Kanji

倍double, twice, times
音sound, noise

Related words

基き音おん
基音 is the fundamental frequency, while 倍音 refers to the higher harmonic components.
音ね色いろ
音色 is the perceived quality or timbre of a sound, which is largely determined by its 倍音 (overtones).

Etymology

Compound of 倍 (multiple) and 音 (sound), literally 'multiple sound'. The term is a direct calque from Western musical and physical terminology.

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The sound of a violin contains many overtones.

倍ばい音おんの構こう造ぞうが楽がっ器きの音ね色いろを決きめる。

The overtone structure determines the timbre of an instrument.