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What are overtones acoustic guitar?
When a guitar string is plucked, various vibration frequencies are produced, which travel through the string together. ... Other frequencies produced are multiples of this fundamental frequency and are called as harmonics or overtones. They give fundamental pitch different tonal qualities.
Are overtones good guitar?
Lots of overtones can be good if your a strummer and want to have chime-y chords. It can be a problem if you're a fingerpicker where a lot of overtones and long sustain might "blur" the notes into each other and they lose definition.
What causes overtones in a guitar?
Overtones are the harmonic frequencies complementing the fundamental tones. Plucking any string of an instrument will cause open and fretted strings tuned to that same note to vibrate sympathetically, producing an overtone.
