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. 2017 Jan 5;141(1):65–72. doi: 10.1121/1.4973412

TABLE I.

Harmonic composition of melodies. Lower edge frequencies in Hz and harmonic number (Hn) of notes in the background and change melodies. Each note is composed of the lower edge frequency shown in above, and the next five consecutive harmonics.

C C G G A A G
F0 261.6 261.6 392.0 392.0 440.0 440.0 392.0
Background 1 1569.6 H6 1569.6 H6 1176.0 H3 1176.0 H3 880.0 H2 880.0 H2 1176.0 H3
Background 2 1308.0 H5 1831.2 H7 1568.0 H4 1960.0 H5 1320.0 H3 1760.0 H4 2352.0 H6
Background 3 1569.6 H6 1569.6 H6 1176.0 H3 2744.0 H7 2200.0 H5 2640.0 H6 2352.0 H6
Background 4 1308.0 H5 1831.2 H7 1960.0 H5 2744.0 H7 2640.0 H6 1760.0 H4 1960.0 H5
Background 5 1569.6 H6 1831.2 H7 1568.0 H4 1568.0 H4 2200.0 H5 2640.0 H6 2744.0 H7
C C G Db A A G
F0 261.6 261.6 392.0 277.2 440.0 440.0 392.0
Change 1 1569.6 H6 1569.6 H6 1176.0 H3 1386.0 H5 880.0 H2 880.0 H2 1176.0 H3
Change 2 1308.0 H5 1831.2 H7 1568.0 H4 2217.6 H8 1320.0 H3 1760.0 H4 2352.0 H6
Change 3 1569.6 H6 1569.6 H6 1176.0 H3 1940.4 H7 2200.0 H5 2640.0 H6 2352.0 H6
Change 4 1308.0 H5 1831.2 H7 1960.0 H5 2494.8 H9 2640.0 H6 1760.0 H4 1960.0 H5
Change 5 1569.6 H6 1831.2 H7 1568.0 H4 1663.2 H6 2200.0 H5 2640.0 H6 2744.0 H7