Madd0's Tech Blog

This is the fifth in a series of posts about TED.

This week I'm changing the kind of videos I'd like to show you a little. I've already mentioned that TED includes all sorts of "talks", including comedy and music. From the title of this entry, you probably guessed that I selected music as this week's topic.

First, to avoid going too far from in keeping with this blog's theme, I'm going to start with an electronic instrument that I discovered in the video below: the theremin. I couldn't even start to describe what it is. I just know it detects proximity with two sensors which in turn control pitch and volume, making it sound like a string instrument. I better just let Pamelia Kurstin play it for you.

Notice how, even though the hands are what seem to play the music, actually her whole body is involved.

Listening is another action (yes, action!) that requires more than just the part of the body currently associated with it. You can listen with your ears, but you can also listen with your eyes, your skin, your bones... Evelyn Glennie, a deaf musician, shows us how there's more to listening to music than just hearing.

I had selected another video related to music but since this last one was quite long, I'll stop here for today.

Have a nice week.