👉 Overtones are the repeated emission of high-frequency sounds when a sound wave is reflected from an object. The term "overtones" refers to the frequencies that can be heard when a sound wave is reflected off a surface, and they are not necessarily distinct in frequency but rather appear as higher or lower pitches depending on how far away from the source the sound waves are reflected. For example, if you hear a note repeated over several beats (which means it repeats with each beat), then those notes would