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Alexander Chen’s Baroque.me uses the mathematics of string length and pitch rather than traditional notation to visualize the Prelude from Bach’s G major cello suite. The result is a changeable graphic instrument, ‘an impossible harp [whose] strings morph to the needed lengths.’ Read more about Chen’s unique interdisciplinary work, which touches on a variety issues related to musical structure, the visual-aural relationship and the act of performance.

The video posted here shows one possible rendering of the piece; I’d suggest following the link above and interacting with the HTML5 site itself.

[via @alexrossmusic]