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Shepard tone

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Shepard tone

Summary

Shepard tone is an illusion[1]. It draws 632 Wikipedia views per month (illusion category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Shepard tone's instance of is recorded as illusion[3].
  • Shepard tone's subclass of is recorded as scale[4].
  • Shepard tone's subclass of is recorded as sound[5].
  • Shepard tone's Commons category is recorded as Shepard tone[6].
  • Shepard tone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fh0f[7].
  • Shepard tone's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778578678[8].
  • Shepard tone's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Gamme_de_Shepard[9].

Why It Matters

Shepard tone draws 632 Wikipedia views per month (illusion category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Shepard tone. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/shepard-tone
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_shepard-tone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Shepard tone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/shepard-tone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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