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S05E19: Science of MusicMusic is the art and science of expressing ideas and feelings through sound. A sad song can say more about how someone feels than most words, and a familiar song can make crowds clap together and feel like one happy family. Whatever the emotion, music seems to have a way to communicate it. The music we listen to today is the result of years of experimentation with sounds. As people figured out what they liked best, they invented instruments that could play their favorite tones and developed popular rhythms, or patterns of beats. Each note of music, and every tone of each instrument is a sound wave. Some sound waves sound great together. Some not so good. Getting the exact soundwaves in the pattern you want – now that’s science.
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Air Date:
Jun 13, 1998
Runtime:
26 minutes
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Casts:
Bill Nye, Rachel Glenn, Jennifer Lin, Amy Broder, Ethan Ferkiss
