AudioScope

Touch the String. Hear the Octave.

Hear why a light touch halfway along a guitar string brings out an octave.

What to listen for

This ideal-string model compares the open 110 Hz note with the 220 Hz harmonic. A light touch at the midpoint suppresses modes that need to move there, leaving the octave as the lowest allowed mode. Both examples are matched in digital level.

Read the technical reference

Hear how the pluck position changes tone