X-GM-THRID: 1206921322453159741 X-Gmail-Labels: rsgb lf X-Gmail-Received: cc2b379c8df20cea41aeb0fbad3916fbfd4d237f Delivered-To: daveyxm@gmail.com Received: by 10.54.127.17 with SMTP id z17cs35895wrc; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:24:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.49.54.13 with SMTP id g13mr1860844nfk; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:24:12 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id p72si642017nfc.2006.06.22.15.24.11; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:24:12 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (gmail.com: 193.82.116.20 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1FtXYp-0002ea-4D for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:22:03 +0100 Received: from [193.82.59.130] (helo=relay2.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1FtXYo-0002eR-IJ for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:22:02 +0100 Received: from imo-m27.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.8]) by relay2.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1FtXYk-00048A-6v for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 23:22:02 +0100 Received: from WarmSpgs@aol.com by imo-m27.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.5.) id l.521.130bed0 (39332) for ; Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:21:47 -0400 (EDT) From: WarmSpgs@aol.com Message-ID: <521.130bed0.31cc71fb@aol.com> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:21:47 EDT To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5055 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,AWL=-0.376,HTML_40_50=0.086,HTML_MESSAGE=0.001,NO_REAL_NAME=0.178 Subject: Re: LF: where is 1st. harmonic Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1151014907" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=HTML_20_30,HTML_MESSAGE, NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false Status: O X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 5467 -------------------------------1151014907 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Rik's answer is sound (pun intended, as the whole thing relates back to music). In physics, anything in sinusoidal oscillation is said to be in harmonic motion. So, yes, the first harmonic is the fundamental frequency. Now, if you want to talk about a REAL mystery (or so it seems to those of us outside the motherland, anyway) consider that first floor and first storey in a building are synonymous here, but are two different levels on that side of the pond. That's even worse than overtones not being quite synonymous with harmonics. :-) -------------------------------1151014907 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Rik's answer is sound (pun intended, as the whole thing relat= es back to music). In physics, anything in sinusoidal oscillation is s= aid to be in harmonic motion. So, yes, the first harmonic is the funda= mental frequency.

Now, if you want to talk about a REAL mystery (or so it seems= to those of us outside the motherland, anyway) consider that first floor an= d first storey in a building are synonymous here, but are two different leve= ls on that side of the pond. That's even worse than overtones not bein= g quite synonymous with harmonics.

:-)

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