Terhardt defined
- virtual pitch: charaterized by the presence of
harmonics or near harmonics.
- spectral pitch: corresponding to individual audible
pure-tone components.
Terhardt defines the crossover from virtual to spectral pitch to
be at 800 Hz.
- for frequencies well above 1000 Hz the pitch frequency is heard
only when the fundamental is actually present.
Most pitches we hear in normal sounds are virtual,
whether fundamental is present or not.
``Music 175: Pitch''
by Tamara Smyth,
Department of Music, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
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