Appendix

?Q?

• can we create beauty from pollution&noise?
• can we create music from the movement of transit systems?
• can a 3-lane road be audibly represented by a single 3-string instrument

eg. dulcimer, balalaika; or a 6-lane road by a 6-string guitar?

• can we attach a separate instrument per lane of traffic?
• can we integrate natural/regional sounds?
• can we create something more resonate?
• can we tune a handpan to 432Hz?

introduction

• in Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’, each character of the tale is represented by a different instrument
• similar to the tines of a music box or the punched holes of a music roll, each vehicle passing a fixed point (?overpass?) triggers a preset tone. can we create something tuneful from randomness?
• an interactive, open source, non-profit sound project

(chord = 2+ notes played together = multiple vehicles passing a fixed point simultaneously)

instrument selection

version 2.0

hand pan

?note/key selection?

note length selection

(proportional to length of vehicle)

transit/semi     1/2 - 1 note

van     1/4 - 1/2 note

car     1/8 - 1/4 note

motorcycle     break - 1/8 note

?pitch selection?

speed of vehicle

Example

possible preset

note length

transit/semi trucks     1 note

van       1/2 note

car       1/4 note

motorcycle      1/8 note

proof of concept version 2.0

preset 1 instrument - handpan tuned to (>>>>???>>>>)

can we find a melody when we tune to 432hz ?

?future?

• pitch varies in proportion to vehicle speed?
• live feed into a public venue for an interactive, non-profit music display?
• melodious: smooth out note or chord, stretch chord, reverb or speed up film/sound?
• do we need rhythm?
• can color of vehicle define tone, key or chord?
• changing lanes “passing note”?
• integrate natural/ethnic/regional sounds?