natural harmonics

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

harmonics of a note produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or unstopped sounded string.

Natural harmonics may be formed on the major triad of each open string, using the open string as the tonic.

In Claude Debussy's compositions, his system of harmony and tonality is intimately connected with these laws of natural harmonics.

The class of harmonics produced in this manner are termed "Natural Harmonics."

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