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consonance landscape

every interval has a geography · valleys are where simple ratios live
click or drag to hear a pitch · the curve shows how far you are from purity

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hover the landscape
dissonance curve · valleys are pure
12-TET intervals
φ (golden ratio · 833¢)
cursor
root     A3 · 220 Hz
blur 9¢
depth 120
clip 22%

each ratio p/q digs a valley 1/(p·q) deep · blur = valley width in cents · depth = largest p·q included
drag across the landscape with the drone on · near a valley the two tones beat, in it they settle · esc mutes