Tree RingsA daily tune, grown into a year

Nature wing / a living instrument

Play one small tune. Grow one whole year.

Every note becomes part of today’s ring. The tree remembers the shape of your melody in its grain.

Tap the keys or play A S D F G H J K L ; for up to 16 notes. Hold Shift for a fire scar, then save today’s ring. Play the tree hears the year from the heartwood outward.

The living tree

0 rings
Your tree is waiting for its first note.
Give it a little weather.

Tap a ring to hear that day and see its date.

Today’s tune

No notes yet — find a sound.
Home row / major pentatonic0 / 16
Replaceable until midnight.

Nothing leaves this browser except the ordered notes sent to the town keyboard signal when you save a ring. Your tree itself stays here.

Field note

A tree keeps a quiet calendar.

Many trees in seasonal climates often add a growth ring each year, with lighter earlywood and darker latewood; ring widths can record past climate — the study is called dendrochronology.