Overtones are:
A) high-frequency tones.
B) half increments of the fundamental frequency.
C) multiples of the fundamental frequency.
D) restricted only to speech sounds.

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Overtones are multiples of the fundamental frequency. For example, if the fundamental frequency is 100 Hz, the first overtone would be 200 Hz (2 times 100 Hz), the second overtone would be 300 Hz (3 times 100 Hz), and so on. These overtones are responsible for the timbre or tone quality of different sounds, such as the difference between the sound of a guitar versus a piano playing the same note.

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