A collection of writing from Jarod Rosello's English 15 course at Penn State

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Music

Have you ever thought about how you're able to listen to music? How on earth is sound recorded onto a CD, and then able to be played back anywhere in the world? Well the truth is, when someone plays an instrument, or sings, tiny vibrations flow through the air like wind. On this wind that is not viewable to the human eye, are is a sequence of different colored music notes and beats that are collaborated together for that song or tune. As they flow through the air, they absorb into the recording device, be it a computer or tape. Notice whenever a computer plays a song, it sometimes vibrates? Those are the notes lighting up inside. Point a CD towards a light, and rainbow streaks show. These are the thousands of colored notes in sequence. Same thing with a tape, the magnetic film contains all of the notes and beat particles. I bet next time you're listening to a song, you're gonna want to see these notes flowing through the air.

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