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🎸 Vibrating String and Musical Instrument Physics: 2D

Interactive 2D model of a plucked instrument string built from its normal modes: drag the string to pluck it, click the fretboard to shorten it, and watch the first four modes, the harmonic spectrum and the pickup waveform respond, with real-pitch sound.

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Interactive 2D model of a plucked instrument string built from its normal modes: drag the string to pluck it, click the fretboard to shorten it, and watch the first four modes, the harmonic spectrum and the pickup waveform respond, with real-pitch sound.

string vibrationnormal modesharmonicsmusic acousticsguitarinharmonicity

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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