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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Every object has a natural frequency that they will vibrate at. However as well as that natural fundamental frequency they also have extra frequencies on top of it. These frequencies are double, triple, 4 times, 5 etc. These are called the overtones.

The strength of the overtones along with how the sound loudness over time changes gives the timbre, the sound that the instrument makes.

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