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SIMPLE TONE
Acoustics / Psychoacoustics

A TONE having a single PITCH, such as a flute note. It is also defined as a tone having only a single FREQUENCY, thereby making it equivalent to a SINE TONE, also called a pure tone.

Compare: COMPLEX TONE, NOTE, SINE WAVE.

Sound Example: Complex tone (triangle wave).

Sound Example: Simple tone (sine wave).

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