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The quality of a musical note depends on the number and relative intensity of the overtones it produces along with the fundamental. It is the element of quality that enables us to distinguish between notes of the same frequency and intensity coming from different sources.

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Usually the quality of a note is the amount of time you are supposed to hold it out for

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It is the presence and strength of various overtones that give a musical note from a certain instrument its characteristic quality.

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Quality refers to the "flavor" of a chord (or scale), i.e. major, minor, augmented, diminished, etc.

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Q: What gives a musical note is characteristic quality?
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