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Harmonic vs Enharmonic - What's the difference?

harmonic | enharmonic |

As adjectives the difference between harmonic and enharmonic

is that harmonic is pertaining to harmony while enharmonic is describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical depends on the tuning method used..

As a noun harmonic

is a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency.

harmonic

English

Alternative forms

* harmonick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pertaining to harmony
  • pleasant to hear; harmonious; melodious
  • * (rfdate) (Alexander Pope)
    • harmonic twang of leather, horn, and brass.
  • (mathematics) (used to characterize various mathematical entities or relationships supposed to bear some resemblance to musical consonance)
    • The harmonic polar line of an inflection point of a cubic curve is the component of the polar conic other than the tangent line.

    Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * harmonic addition theorem * harmonic analysis * harmonic brick * harmonic conjugate * harmonic conjugate function * harmonic coordinates * harmonic decomposition * harmonic divisor number * harmonic equation * harmonic expansion * harmonic form * harmonic function * harmonic-geometric mean * harmonic homology * harmonic logarithm * harmonic map * harmonic mean * harmonic mean index * harmonic number * harmonic parameter * harmonic progression * harmonic quadrilateral * harmonic range * harmonic ratio * harmonic segment * harmonic series * harmonic series of primes * harmonic system of points

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (physics) a component frequency of the signal of a wave that is an integer multiple of the fundamental frequency

    • Anagrams

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    enharmonic

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia enharmonic) (-)
  • (music) Describing two or more identical or almost identical notes that are written differently when in different keys. (Whether they are identical depends on the tuning method used.)
    • ''C sharp is enharmonic to D flat.
  • (music) Of or pertaining to a tetrachord

    • Derived terms

    * enharmonically