Eli5:Why do different string notes on a guitar register as a new note

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Like an A chord is the strings E A and C#, why do our brains recognize that as a whole note instead of 6 different ones. Or is it just a harmony and we’re so used to hearing them?

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Well so first, your example is three notes…not six.

And secondly, I’m not sure if I’m just differently trained as a musician, but I definitely hear those as three different notes…? It sounds like a harmony, sure, but the notes are distinct and identifiable individually.

So my comment I suppose is to gain clarity in the first case, and argue for subjectivity in the second.

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