Bill Nye the Science Guy
Season 5 Episode 19 - Science of Music
Music is the art and science of expressing ideas and feelings through sound. A sad song can say more about how someone feels than most words, and a familiar song can make crowds clap together and feel like one happy family. Whatever the emotion, music seems to have a way to communicate it. The music we listen to today is the result of years of experimentation with sounds. As people figured out what they liked best, they invented instruments that could play their favorite tones and developed popular rhythms, or patterns of beats. Each note of music, and every tone of each instrument is a sound wave. Some sound waves sound great together. Some not so good. Getting the exact soundwaves in the pattern you want – now that’s science.
Episodes in Season 5
Forensics
26 min
Space Exploration
26 min
Genes
26 min
Architecture
26 min
Farming
26 min
Life Cycles
26 min
Do-It-Yourself Science
26 min
Atoms & Molecules
26 min
Ocean Exploration
26 min
Lakes & Ponds
26 min
Smell
26 min
Caves
26 min
Fluids
26 min
Erosion
26 min
Comets & Meteors
26 min
Storms
26 min
Measurement
26 min
Patterns
26 min
Science of Music
26 min
Motion
26 min
