http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/music-of-wires-part-2 OBSESSED WITH VIBRATING AIR MOLECULES Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/music-of-wires-part-2#comment-2459 brendan j hogan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:28:42 +0000 http://www.musicofsound.co.nz/blog/?p=1778#comment-2459 Did you know that there are hundreds of species of cicadas and that in places where there are many species living together (like the jungle's of South East Asia) they take turns singing throughout the day? It is possible even to tell the time of day with a margin of error of only five minutes; just by listening to which species of cicada is singing at that moment. Most sound like a horror movie sound track but once, when I was sitting with a group of monks in a monastery on top of a fogged in mountain, I heard a cicada sound that sounded exactly like a violin section playing one continually sustaining note. I will remember that forever. Did you know that there are hundreds of species of cicadas and that in places where there are many species living together (like the jungle’s of South East Asia) they take turns singing throughout the day? It is possible even to tell the time of day with a margin of error of only five minutes; just by listening to which species of cicada is singing at that moment. Most sound like a horror movie sound track but once, when I was sitting with a group of monks in a monastery on top of a fogged in mountain, I heard a cicada sound that sounded exactly like a violin section playing one continually sustaining note. I will remember that forever.

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