What Vivaldi and what Mozart … Nature will compose classical music tomorrow, and scientists seek to transform seismic activity in sheet music, in a live flute concerto.

Tomorrow, Tuesday, Dr. Domenico Vicinanza of Anglia Ruskin University in the UK will turn a seismograph reading in Yellowstone National Park into a musical theme using software he has developed.

“Nouns, I match vibrations and vibrations with musical notesHe said.

The “translated” vibrations will be translated into a pentagram and interpreted live by the doctor. Alyssa Schwartz, musicologist and assistant professor of flute at Fairmont University, at the Internet2 Community Exchange conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

As the amplitude of the vibrations caused by volcanic activity increases, the notes will move up the musical scale, and accordingly, if the seismograph data shows sharp vibrations, this will also be recorded in the melody.

Visinandza is sure that the audience will have an unforgettable performance. “I’m sure something interesting will come up because there’s always some seismic activity in Yellowstone,” he says.

The Yellowstone supervolcano experiences between 1,500 and 2,500 earthquakes a year. The activity is recorded by a network of fifty seismographs operating under the supervision of the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

“Nearly 50% of shocks happen in groups (…) So this is a fantastic field for any scientist interested in seismology, geophysics, engineering or, like me, data science and music, because it is something unique,” ​​he says.

Source: Guardian