Guitar tuner that uses phone accelerometer

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A web-based guitar tuner that utilizes the phone's accelerometer to detect string vibrations and calculate pitch.

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# guitar-tuner-accel Source: [https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/accel-tuner.html](https://tautme.github.io/phone-sensors/accel-tuner.html) Press the phone firmly against the guitar body and pluck a string\. Each axis trace shows raw vibration;**\|a\|**is the combined magnitude\. Pitch is detected from the strongest axis \(alias\-corrected to the actual string frequency\)\. motion permission required · works best on Android with high\-rate IMU

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