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Music Technology and the Science of Sound

FromThe Naked Scientists Podcast


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Music Technology and the Science of Sound

FromThe Naked Scientists Podcast

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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
May 23, 2006
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Bringing music to our ears this week is Hugh Hunt who discusses the science of sound, how harmonics work and how to play music in a tea cup, Jez Wells describes the frontiers of music technology including recreating the sounds of a long lost cathedral, the secrets behind making a floboe, an instrument that is half oboe and half flute, and how to revive the sound of a castrati, a man with the voice of a choirboy. To compensate for the castratis lost manhood, Bob and Chelsea look at cutting edge uses for testosterone in Science Update and Anna Lacey makes music with a long pink tube in Kitchen Science. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy
Released:
May 23, 2006
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Naked Scientists flagship science show brings you a lighthearted look at the latest scientific breakthroughs, interviews with the world's top scientists, answers to your science questions and science experiments to try at home.