THE VIDEO SHELF · harmonic series
The most mind-blowing concept in music (Harmonic Series)
Andrew Huang explains the harmonic series, which he calls the foundation of almost all music. He builds the idea up step by step, with demonstrations of overtones and how harmonies derive from them.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a clear, short but in-depth explanation of harmonics and overtones, useful even for musicians.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- ANDREW HUANG
- Topic
- harmonic series
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Music producer Andrew Huang does a fantastic job demonstrating the harmonic series concepts in a video from last year: [VIDEO]
auiya on Hacker News · 2021-06
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noxToken on Hacker News · 2021-05
In Bird song sonographs show distinct drawing patternsThe harmonic series is a really neat thing to learn about -- one of those "art is math" kind of moments. This video does a good job of explaining it in a relatively short and simple way, but goes in-depth enough that even people with …
hug on Hacker News · 2021-07
In The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano?
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