The Emergence Machine

Overtone

abstract · Music · Level 9 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

Trace. Question. Emerge.

Emergence definition

overtone emerges from frequency. It requires sound.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “overtone” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “overtone”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
overtone
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL9L8L7L6L2L1L0OvertoneToneMusicRhythmSound… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureVibrationChangeMatterMotionWaveEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesFundamental ToneL10OvertoneL9VibrationL2ToneL8E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Vibration L2 (requires)
    Overtone is produced by vibrating objects
  • Tone L8 (requires)
    A frequency higher than the fundamental tone produced by a vibrating object.

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