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Term re: harmonics

Posted: 23 Sep 2025, 20:29
by hautbois baryton
Help! I'm drawing a complete blank...

I have an ossia staff showing the resultant pitches for an extended passage of string harmonics. I know there is a term that basically means "actual sounds" but I cannot for the life of me remember what it is.

Something like sons real, or somesuch... can anyone assist?

Re: Term re: harmonics

Posted: 24 Sep 2025, 09:14
by David Ward
Maybe use suoni reali (plural) or suono reale (singular).

Composers often use their own languages for this direction, but suoni reali is what one would expect to see in Italian.

Re: Term re: harmonics

Posted: 24 Sep 2025, 14:55
by MichelRE
in French: "son réel"

Re: Term re: harmonics

Posted: 24 Sep 2025, 17:08
by hautbois baryton
Thank you so much!