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> [When you hit a string or a piece of metal or anything that vibrates, you hear the fundamental pitch that the thing is vibrating at, but you hear a series of overtones - of harmonic frequencies - that you're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bear-mccreary/when-you-hit-a-string-or-a-piece-of-metal-or-anything-that-vibrates/)

[Bear McCreary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bear-mccreary/)

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