- 1. n. The doctrine or science of musical sounds. Source: opted
- 2. n. Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones. Source: opted
- 3. n. the study of musical sound Source: wordnet
- 4. 1. The doctrine or science of musical sounds. 2. pl. (Mus.) Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany any principal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth, the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to the artificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when the impulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string or column vibrate; overtones. Source: webster
- 5. Secondary and less distinct tones which accompany anyprincipal, and apparently simple, tone, as the octave, the twelfth,the fifteenth, and the seventeenth. The name is also applied to theartificial tones produced by a string or column of air, when theimpulse given to it suffices only to make a part of the string orcolumn vibrate; overtones. Source: adambom
- 6. n. the study of musical sound Source: ecdict
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