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ecib  ·  4397 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Human brain digs harmonic sound

I love music and sound, and it pleases me in countless different ways. Right there at the top is harmonic sound.

I remember working in the basement of our country jail as a teen, and they had these massive generators humming low. When I would hum as I walked past, it resonated perfectly harmonically and it was awesome. I derived a slightly absurd amount of pleasure from that I think. Couldn't walk past them without humming along.





steve  ·  4397 days ago  ·  link  ·  

This reminds me of being a kid and if one screamed at a given pitch, and the other would scream and oscillate pitch slowly up and down it would produce that third harmonic sound that would come and go...

ahhhhh sound.

ecib  ·  4397 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Reminds you of being a kid or having lots of them? :)

steve  ·  4397 days ago  ·  link  ·  

touché.

although in this case I was actually reminiscing about the Saunders brothers who taught me this trick. I imagine the neighbors thought we were nuts - three boys standing in a baseball diamond, in the middle of the day, in Pontiac, Michigan screaming at oscillating frequencies.

My kids don't seem to have the vocal control yet... they're working on it, but mostly it's just a whine in unison...