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A'maya's avatar

I think it’s interesting that the wave builds upon itself like the speaker. And the reason Albert Einstein for humanity wasn’t because he wasn’t smart enough. Music is the world most powerful connection to the universe. Notes are the power of knowing people’s history and the genre’s typical tuning.

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arianna's avatar

The universe being intertwined by millions upon millions of waves intertwining is such a good theory. Sound waves or waves in general that we can't see are definitely worth learning about. Going to the dolphins sensing waves we can and seizures, there are actually cases where dolphins can sooth or intervene with the seizures as mentioned in the article. Sound being our connection to the universe is a great way to look at the appreciation of music.

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Yahaira C's avatar

Something I found interesting is that there are all sorts of waves, but they are all connected. I also liked that music could shape emotion through rhythm and harmony. I also liked learning about audio waves, for example sound travels through the air. I also found it interesting that there is an infinite amount of notes, not just 12. I liked learning about other things that come with music, not just its style but the sounds.

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Anthony Santoyo's avatar

The idea of music having a connection to the universe is fascinating. Through music, we can find where we belong in the universe. What amazes me is how sound connects with almost everything. From converting sound into light to being able to manipulate some of the sounds from gas surrounding a black whole to be able to hear what a black whole may sound like.

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Marco Felix-Casillas's avatar

Its crazy how we actually sound actually works. I love how this substack gave plenty of examples of how we get our sound and scenarios that work weirdly with sound. Its also unbelievable that sounds is not only something we hear but can feel physically. It makes sense now because really they are just waves but I wonder what other affects things like visual or physical senses can have on us.

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bella's avatar

I found the part interesting about how the 432 Hz might feel better to our bodies then the 440 Hz. I never really knew music could affect how we can feel so much. It's cool that small sounds changes can matter. This makes me think more about how music and science are connected.

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Kendal's avatar

I found it interesting that frequencies re connected to a bunch of different things but results will vary based on how you use it. There are many different waves that come with frequencies like light waves, sound waves, and ocean waves. This furthers the idea hat music connects us all by brining up the relationship that waves/ frequencies are all around us. I really liked learning about music more in depth so that i can understand it more when i listen to music.

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Ashley L's avatar

This substack was pretty interesting as it explained how frequencies are like waves that come in different types. There are sound waves, light waves, and ocean waves, it also explains how frequency is related to energy. Not only that, but there is something called the feedback loop, a recursion between electrical signals waves that builds upon itself. The feedback loop was also amazing to read because it explains how the loop is similar to seizures.

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Esteban B's avatar

A fact that I appreciate from this substack is how theories bosed off physics like string theory can be applied to music. Since string theory is the idea that the world is made up of small vibrations, many connect this to the string instruments and there diffirentiate due to different types of vibrations. I also enjoyed the section about music and feedback loops. I found it interesting how feedback loop's are similar to seizures and how they work as waves against electrical signals and if you can understand the wave then you can end the musical feedback loops

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ava's avatar

I enjoyed this substack as it had me realizing that I don't exactly pay attention to things like frequency while listen to music even though it can change a song completely. Also, it was easy to understand the different topics of this substack as it did a good job integrating common knowledge and real life things I have seen. I thought that the section about the seizures was also interesting and I would have totally not have know that. It is fun to start understanding the different building blocks of music.

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Kerrington A.'s avatar

This substack was very interesting seeing as how it talks about music and the notes we hear from a more scientific standpoint. This explains how the frequencies that's notes make are at a base level vibrations of varying speed. This is very cool to me to see that the concepts that apply in music also still apply in parts of our daily life that you'd never expect.

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Zelie's avatar

The substack explains that notes are sounds which are vibrations. Using the string theory, the article makes a connection to vibrations and everything else. The author uses this to show a much more personal interpretation of music and notes, and how notes are important to everyday life and music. I hope to learn or see how rock history and rock music impact daily life and the human psyche.

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emily m's avatar

This sub stack is interesting because it talks more scientifically about music. I've never put things that way till I read this piece. Us as humans can create music using our voices (tone) without even realizing it. Notes are also infinite, I had no idea! This stuff is mind blowing and I'm surprised I've never heard much about this topic knowing I listen to music on a daily basis.

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Isabella Ramirez's avatar

I liked how the universe and the concept of music and sound was all tied together. In the substack it mentioned how music connects to the universe and produces a certain type of sound that we interpret with chords and frequencies. I think it is interesting to think about how the universe is silent and sound is created outside of it. We create music using tone and pitch and frequencies.

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Leonardo Corona's avatar

Silly me, I 1000% forgot about this, this is what I think about this, I think it's interesting that you can explore the layers of music, from audible sounds to underlying frequencies. These frequencies must play a crucial role as music can also be converted into light. Reflecting on my own music listening, it's interesting how certain headphones, speakers, iems, etc, all produce and layer these instruments, some are bad, while others find a way to separate every group and make everything sound clear. And the cherry on top, strings being smaller than atoms.

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anthony A's avatar

in my opinion i think that the string theory is flat out interesting the name itself already says a lot. From my basic knowledge that i have aquired from this article that is so well pieced together music is the most powerful thing in all of humanity and that is just the tip of the iceberg. when you truly dive deeper in this article you will find how frequencies and wavelengths impact us in our day-to-day life and its hard for many to believe this when you don't even notice the roles they play because as stated in the "string theory" they are smaller then atoms

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