June 6, 2006
The Frequencies of Music
Sound is air in motion — pushed, pulled, beaten, blown, plucked, talked, or sung into motion. Music is sound's highest achievement, a wonderfully varied mixture of patterned vibrations sent into the air by all kinds of instruments, from a cricket's hind legs to a massive pipe organ.
The frequencies of music, the various repetitions that make up the sound of instruments, are represented some...