The beats between the partials of two complex tones with odd harmonic partials, whose fundamental frequency differs by 1 Hz are heard separately in spectral listening (1 Hz, 3 Hz and 5 Hz). In contrast, the beat frequency perceived in holistic listening equals 1 Hz. In the corresponding audio recording (2) the frequencies are added in the order f₁, f₃, f₅ (first harmonic complex tone) followed by f₁’, f₃’, f₅’.