wolf tone
Noun

wolf tone (plural wolf tones)

  1. (music) An unpleasant tone produced when a note matches the natural resonating frequency of the body of a musical instrument, the quality of which may be likened to the howl of a wolf.
    This cello has a terrible wolf tone on the D string.



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