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The most mind-blowing concept in music (Harmonic Series)

ANDREW HUANG · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Music theory, synthesis & production

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a clear, short but in-depth explanation of harmonics and overtones, useful even for musicians.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Music producer Andrew Huang does a fantastic job demonstrating the harmonic series concepts”

    Fantastic demonstration of the harmonic series

    auiya, 2021-06 · Strong recommendation · in “The Fine Art of Combining Harmonics”

  2. “Andrew Huang does a good job of explaining harmonics and overtones”

    Clear explanation of harmonics, overtones, and sonograms

    noxToken, 2021-05 · Recommendation · in “Bird song sonographs show distinct drawing patterns”

  3. “This video does a good job of explaining it in a relatively short and simple way”

    Short, simple but in-depth harmonic series explanation, even for musicians

    hug, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “The Alexander: Why did you build such a long piano?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: harmonic series, overtones, music theory, harmonics, andrew huang

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