Chromatic Chemistry: the Periodic Table in Light and Sound

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What do the elements of the periodic table SOUND like? While it may seem like an absurd question, it is actually possible to convert the visible spectra of elements into sounds! When stimulated by electricity or heat, elements release distinct wavelengths of light depending on their electron energy levels-a sort of “chemical footprint” unique to every element. These frequencies of light, which we perceive as different colors, can be mapped to different sonic frequencies, allowing us to hear the different sounds of chemical elements. I've converted those frequencies into sounds, and appear as the character "Roy G. Biv" to present a fun and educational performance that combines the magic of chemistry with music. Sit back, relax, and enjoy some chemical chords, molecular melodies, and galvanized grooves accompanied by some fantastic visuals designed by myself and fellow Indiana University Chemistry student Harry Zhang.
Want more Chemistry Music? Check out my original performance "The Sound of Molecules" • The Sound of Molecules

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@Chad-Giga. 4 ай бұрын

I’m so happy Terrance Howard got people watching children’s videos on chemistry! Gotta start somewhere

@keyboardevangelist 4 ай бұрын

I came here after listening to Terrance howard in joe rogan

@Hollowuhh 4 ай бұрын

same, it was so interesting dividing light into sound

@ADisaporaGathering-dr2qr 4 ай бұрын

Yup, and honestly, at the 2hr and 6 min part of that interview, Howard explained what God meant by “be fruitful and multiply.” He really was cracking the code of how God framed our world. Music, light, elements etc. all fascinating stuff. God didn’t design anything with straight lines, just a little curve and His signature

@allemandestarcraft 4 ай бұрын

lol same

@TheMusicRoomAU 4 ай бұрын

I’m right behind you….

@lp.8185 4 ай бұрын

We really are all just living the same life huh

@WHYYOUGIVAFK 5 ай бұрын

This video is so underrated...it's great. It should be a part of the science curriculum, choir, and band class in all countries....

@tylerholdsworth6383 3 ай бұрын

At 11.15 the way the colour transitions to a lighter shade and the tone heightened is exactly like some of my dmt trips

@goatgeek5018 4 ай бұрын

Is this what terrance howard was talking about

@Paquiquineo 4 ай бұрын

Yep.

@dannyboy1731 3 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@GrimsBar 7 ай бұрын

Doing something similar. Convert nm to hz, round to nearest approximate note in 12 tone equal temperament. Get the coulomb frequency for each element, convert to 1s or 10ths place. You can get neat poly rythems. The notes are allowed to be revoiced. Each element is it's own sound. Using 60 hz base bpm. Chat gpt make the conversion process much easier! 😂 Long story short, your conversation scheme is different, but neat! 👏

@JarrodBaniqued 11 ай бұрын

I’ve been to helium dance parties, they’re full of quite light entertainment, with plenty of balloons, and everyone isn’t dense. They’re such a gas.

@abundance_In_Motion 3 ай бұрын

Eye like ur puns

@Zheeraffa1 2 жыл бұрын

Microtonal snobs be like: _"Hold my Zeeman Effect."_

@benevolentessence8809 4 ай бұрын

6:42 was a very great question hearing the specific sound of water..and what if this research gets combined with the research of Masaru Emoto..like it would be interesting to hear the exact frequencies of the water from the Hunza Valley or water from the Angel Falls in Venezuela

@Iloveswinging 4 ай бұрын

Sounded like when you go under water

@benevolentessence8809 4 ай бұрын

@@Iloveswinging nice joke..but the exact notes of it can be a way to tune the water we drink. Hunza Valley has one of the healthiest mineral waters in the world..the water absorbs the information of sound and not all water has the same information..this is for health nerds lol

@JaNeDoE-001 3 ай бұрын

I've been looking for you for over a decade and didn't even know it have this discussion with a music Major that looked at me like I was crazy

@heyokaJack Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Do you have a list of the element's frequencies?

@silviaambrosini5583 Жыл бұрын

following!

@TheLuckyShepherd 2 ай бұрын

01:20 yeah there's definitely a "scientific instrument" that turns colors into sounds. 🍄😅

@OzGoober 4 ай бұрын

Pretty cool stuff.

@georgeflitzer7160 10 ай бұрын

Just beautiful. Fantastic!❤

@ratedrawr1411 Ай бұрын

IS ANYONE GETTING A QUINTEN TARANTINO VIBES LOL... 😂 - ALSO (F#) SEMI-GAY ENTITY... 🤘😉😆

@joecrowe7062 3 ай бұрын

Each pill we take has a music not toatch it's vibration when you take plant medicine it vibrates like a key on a piano and I think it matches with the part of are body that is sick,and makes it better

@coen226 2 жыл бұрын

I want to hear what WAP sounds like

@chrisparti 4 ай бұрын

How far did he have to relatively shift the frequencies of light to bring them into the audible spectrum? It reminds me of the these wonderful photos of galaxies with colourful gas clouds, they don't look like that to the visible eye, they are radio and microwaves, relatively shifted into the visible spectrum to allow them to be seen by the human eye.

@Mr0rris0 4 ай бұрын

Saw this vid on logarithm maybe? It was really inside a vid about the Ph level scale Definitely stuff I want to know where for all intents and purposes one thing is turned into another I dunno the math rules of that stuff but I appreciate it The matter of rule over the meter does need as much dark as light in times like these however...

@UpcomingJedi 3 ай бұрын

I KNEW this video would not be serious.

@georgeflitzer7160 10 ай бұрын

I want to hear each element

@phonotical 2 жыл бұрын

Seven months, SEVEN!

@danielkruizinga617 3 ай бұрын

you aew a true hero

@TomCrockett-bl1gp 4 ай бұрын

And that friends is how tech no music was born.😂

@metacaumevans4426 Жыл бұрын

You are awesome! Wow!

@ThePaulPyro 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video!

@Livingitup.C3 5 ай бұрын

What instrument was use to create these sounds

@NGC-catseye 3 ай бұрын

All I saw was a colourful xylophone 🌈

@michelangepaul1800 3 ай бұрын

Is it just me who felt the need to hear hydrogen over and over?

@PeterSullivanCVL 3 ай бұрын

Are the colors you are using the exact spectral colors or ballpark red, etc. ?

@allynflinchbaugh4570 Жыл бұрын

Holy synesthesia Batman!

@equilibria74 3 ай бұрын

Thanks🤎💜🩵💚💛 A very beautiful example of how everything the Most High Created has its own song. (Frequency and Vibration)' Now how do you think God hears you? Whats your song?