harmonics vs. partials

[Tim Hoover]

Close...the 1st partial is the fundamental, the 2nd partial is the 1st
harmonic...etc.

Tim Hoover

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Newman" <ronman@imt.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:00 PM
Subject: harmonics vs. partials


> Hello all,
> I dimly remember from school something about the term "partial" not being
> synomonous with the term "harmonic", i.e. the fundamental is harmonic 1,
> but partial 0, harmonic 2 is partial 1, etc.
>
> Am I making this up?  Is the difference in meaning consistently adhered to
> in the documentation for electronic tuning devices?
>