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🎸 Vibrating String and Harmonics: 2D Side View

Interactive 2D side view of a plucked stiff string with modal synthesis: drag the string to pluck it, choose a fret, and see the fundamental, inharmonic partials and decay in a live spectrum and pickup waveform, with real sound.

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Interactive 2D side view of a plucked stiff string with modal synthesis: drag the string to pluck it, choose a fret, and see the fundamental, inharmonic partials and decay in a live spectrum and pickup waveform, with real sound.

vibrating stringharmonicsmusic acousticsmodal synthesisinharmonicityguitar

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

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