Canon & Comma

The Playground

Lay tunings side by side and listen. Each canon is one tuning's own tones, spaced across the octave by their true intervals. Click any tone to sound it, or play a whole tuning in turn. Stack the presets and your own to see and hear where the systems agree and where they part.

These can be loud! Start with your system volume down very low and gradually increase.

The reference pitch

Tonic (1:1) Hz

The tunings Add presets or your own. Each becomes a canon below.

A ratio set lists each tone above the tonic as x:y (ending on 2:1 for the octave). An n-EDO divides the octave into n equal steps. Frequencies (Hz) are read as a measured scale, with the lowest tone taken as the tonic. Cents are intervals above the tonic, with 0 the tonic and 1200 the octave. Separate values with spaces or commas.