[Dixielandjazz] The Cosmic Bb

[david richoux]

Quite a few years ago (15 or 20?) there was an event that went on 
world-wide to celebrate the discovery that the rotation of the Earth 
created a low frequency hum in concert Eb. People gathered at various 
places and produced sounds that harmonized with Eb using various 
electronic and acoustic instruments for 24 hours. I played for a few 
hours on an old Eb Sousaphone with a group of musicians (mostly from 
the San Jose State and Stanford University music classes) in a park in 
San Jose, California.

let's just say it was interesting...

For some reason I can find no record of this event on the internet - I 
guess it was just one of those things that came and went and will be 
forgotten by most...

Dave Richoux


On Jan 31, 2004, at 9:03 AM, PJ Ladd wrote:

> <scientists told us a few months ago when they announced that the 
> Perseus
> galaxy cluster, 250 million light years from our little planet, was 
> emitting
> that note,Bb.>
>
> Hi Steve
>
> How intrigueing.
>  To fit in with the  Expanding Galaxy theory that all galaxies are 
> receding
> from each other, thus producing the well known `red shift` in their 
> spectra
> we must assume that the `sound` suffers a shift downwards in the same 
> way.
>
> I wonder what the note would be if all the galaxies were at rest in 
> relation
> to each other?
>
> Just curious
>
> Pat
>
>
>
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