How come a violin fits almost all the time (harmonically) (in: Everything Else (Mus…)

By: Gamma UT
5 Dec 08:00

Overtones. Guitars, particularly distorted guitars, have tons of overtones that are bound to clash with something.

Pianos have multiple strings per notes that are slightly detuned, so are again bound to clash with something. It’s just a question of by how much.

This is also why you want to use open voicings for chords below middle C: to avoid bad overtone clashes.

Try a sine wave. No overtones. You pretty much have to land squarely on a minor second for it to sound off.