Abstract: Musical instruments are circumscribed to their physical boundaries. They produce sound through vibrations at different frequencies constraint by the instruments themselves. The representation of these frequencies, rather than geometrical and mathematically simple, is the result of very complex vibration patterns. Some instruments get away with arranging individual notes to the player's convenience by the inclusion of multiple individual instruments within one body. The piano is a prominent example of an instrument with manipulated note architecture. It has an individual musical instrument for each sound although still circumscribed to a common body with its sound implications. However it follows a chromatic pattern, including consecutive series of each musical note according to its pitch rather than taking full advantage of its opportunity to translate the complex frequency behavior of notes into geometrical, visual patterns.

Abstract: Musical instruments are circumscribed to their physical boundaries. They produce sound through vibrations at different frequencies constraint by the instruments themselves. The representation of these frequencies, rather than geometrical and mathematically simple, is the result of very complex vibration patterns. Some instruments get away with arranging individual notes to the player's convenience by the inclusion of multiple individual instruments within one body. The piano is a prominent example of an instrument with manipulated note architecture. It has an individual musical instrument for each sound although still circumscribed to a common body with its sound implications. However it follows a chromatic pattern, including consecutive series of each musical note according to its pitch rather than taking full advantage of its opportunity to translate the complex frequency behavior of notes into geometrical, visual patterns.