Harmonic Lissajous
An interactive musical visualization linking ratios, trajectories, pitch behavior, and realtime notation.
Harmonic Lissajous turns numerical ratios into animated musical geometry.
The oscillations on the X and Y axes generate a Lissajous figure whose shape reveals the relationship between two frequencies, two vibration rates, or two periodic behaviors.
This page lets you hear those ratios, see their persistence in the plane, follow the time evolution of both axes, and convert the event stream into realtime notation and MIDI export when the tuning context supports it.
It is a tool for understanding how harmonic ratio, motion, rhythm, tension, cadence, color, and notation can be read inside one visual musical system.
Controls
Select the tuning system and which intervals the animation is allowed to use.
Ratios shape the motion, density, and note emphasis of the animated figure.