Monday, January 4, 2010 Nature
"Use the talents you possess - for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best."
— Henry Van Dyke

The Melody of Birds on Wire

The Melody of Birds on Wire
While reading a newspaper, Jarbas Agnelli was struck by a photograph of birds on an electric wire. Their positioning on several wires made him think of a musical staff. He cut out the photograph and decided to make a song, using the bird's exact locations to determine which notes to play. "I knew it wasn't the most original idea in the universe," Agnelli says in an explanation on his website. "I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating." Listen to the result of his curiosity and read more about his story here.

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