Beat (acoustics)
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In acoustics, a beat is an interference between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as periodic variations in volume whose rate is the difference between the two frequencies.
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See also
- Envelope (waves)
- Voix céleste
- Gamelan tuning
- Heterodyne
- Interference
- Consonance and dissonance
- Moiré pattern, a form of spatial interference that generates new frequencies.
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