Originally Posted by musiclover
So just wondering for anyone here who has gone into the very technical side of things, does that mean that when you pluck for example the C on the third fret of the fifth string on a guitar that the C is sounded, but in fact the E and G are played Harmonic wise as well but we don't really hear those Harmonic Overtones due to the loudness of the fundamental C note?

If the above is correct wouldn't that be a good way of understanding why the chord of C major with its C E and G sound so nice together?
It's been covered. laugh

And in fact, you do hear those overtones. Even if they aren't present in the audio, because of the way the ear works, it'll trigger a sympathetic resonance in the ear.

That's why there's a (slightly) audible major 3rd in a power chord, even if the strings don't directly create that pitch.

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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?

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