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IT is well established that a sound consisting of adjacent harmonics is perceived as having the pitch of the fundamental frequency. This pitch is to be attributed to a component of subjective perception, that is, the combined impression of some or all of the tones presented. Such a component, which is not susceptible to further aural resolution, is called a residue1.
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BOER, E. Pitch of Inharmonic Signals. Nature 178, 535–536 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178535a0
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