021 = Inharmonics and Skin-harm-tonics
A Problem Squared
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Can You Make a Bell?
It is not possible for the human vocal apparatus to completely mimic the sound of a bell due to the way that inharmonics are created. So let's see if I can make a bell by sort of going like that, but with some inharminities. And because they're now irrational distances, our brains are like, oh, that sounds like someone hitting some metal. There you go. Oh! Oh, there are bells. The lyrebird comes from your native country and it's amazing. It can perfectly mimic sounds that it's hurt.
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