If you play the exact same same note on two different musical instruments the sound will not be the exact same. What changed and what stayed the same?

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(in the sense that you will know if you heard a piano or a guitar) what stayed the same and what changed with the sound wave? Second related question, if you get two people to say the word “hello” they will sound completely different but you will be able to hear that they both said hello. So in that case what changed with the sound wave and what stayed the same?

Sorry if it’s the wrong flair I put it as physics because sound waves so yeah

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Basically, the instruments and people produce different overtones with the same note, which makes them sound unique. The fundamental frequency of the note stays the same, but the additional overtones change. Hope that helps!

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