Some musicians actually play the saw because it makes so many rich and interesting sounds. In class your instructor demonstrates the saw, which has a spring - like surface. The sounds it makes are indeed interesting but no pure tones are produced because the surface
A) cannot experience non-uniform accelerations (accelerations that vary from place to place).
B) creates overtones that are not integer multiples of their fundamental frequencies.
C) is not a harmonic oscillator.
D) is not uniform.

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The saw produces sounds with overtones that are not integer multiples of the fundamental frequency, leading to the production of complex and interesting sounds rather than pure tones. This characteristic differentiates it from instruments that produce harmonic overtones, where the overtones are integer multiples of the fundamental frequency.

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