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A

A concert A is presented over eight octaves

However, there is disagreement on what standard reference frequency to use for A, so each octave makes choices between 415 Hz and 466 Hz, and changes its stance over time. Each octave tone is composed of up to 16 harmonics, chosen from harmonics 1 to 32. The result is a slowly moving drone full of potential beatings between octave tone harmonics.

(A Web Audio API piece)

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Set maximum number of harmonics

Time between choices for tunings for A (from around 0.5 to 50 seconds)

Overall volume

Number of octaves playing