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Dumbbells
tone

A tone is a single frequency A-440 Hz. The waveform for a tone can be a sine, square, sawtooth, or triangle waveform.

Wooden Staircase
timbre

Timbre is different in the flute and oboe although they play the same tones because of harmonics. Harmonics are higher frequencies that accompany the tone.

Castle Rock
fields

The tone, or the fundamental frequency, sounds differently with waveform shapes. The changes are due to louder harmonic patterns. 

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