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overtone

tone with a frequency higher than the frequency of the reference tone
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overtone

Summary

overtone is a musical concept[1]. overtone draws 4,073 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #29 of 193).[2]

Key Facts

  • overtone's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3].
  • overtone is a type of tone[4].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[6].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[10].
  • overtone's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[11].
  • overtone's manifestation of is recorded as overtone[12].
  • overtone's different from is recorded as overtone[13].

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Definition and Type

overtone's instance of is recorded as musical concept[3]. overtone is a type of tone[4].

Why It Matters

overtone draws 4,073 Wikipedia views per month (musical_concept category, ranking #29 of 193).[2] overtone has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] overtone is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Kareyac · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Instance of → —
    Manifestation of → overtone
    Subclass of → tone
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1343]]: [[Q124737664]]"
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