[Hornlist] Ear overtones

2007-05-24 Thread Steve Repp
nt...it is "all in my head" so to speak. "Good Imagination" would be a more likely cause of hearing tones within a harmonic series...and that is certainly a plus in playing! > > message: 1 > date: Wed, 23 May 2007 12:19:36 -0700 (PDT) > from: Larry Je

Re: [Hornlist] Ear overtones

2007-05-24 Thread Herbert Foster
You're close: the brain has fundamentals. That is, if you listen to the harmonics of a note that is missing the fundamental, you hear the fundamental anyway. The brain has a way of supplying missing information. Do you ever notice the blind spot in each eye? They're there. Herb Foster --- Larry Je

[Hornlist] Ear overtones

2007-05-23 Thread Larry Jellison
Richard Hirsh wrote: >>>Actually the human ear is very non-linear... Our ears definitely do NOT create harmonic overtones. The wave patterns inside the cochleus are extremely non-linear.<<< _ My left ear tinnitus, with a fundamental of 4000 Hz, seems