- 09 May 2004 13:40
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Jean-Claude Risset constructed a musical scale of sorts, which can appear to the ear to be constantly ascending or descending forever. He also apparently made a rhythm which sounds like it is constantly gaining in tempo ...
It is an auditory illusion. To hear the scale and see the explanation behind it -
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/h ... nuous.html
I just thought it was strange that I'd never come across it before. I mean, everyone has seen the works of Escher, but I'd never heard of Risset.
It is an auditory illusion. To hear the scale and see the explanation behind it -
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/h ... nuous.html
I just thought it was strange that I'd never come across it before. I mean, everyone has seen the works of Escher, but I'd never heard of Risset.
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