tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post1891744828763727651..comments2024-01-19T08:08:23.595-08:00Comments on All of My Faults Are Stress-Related: The Sound of MylonitesKimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-7020538820217981852008-01-08T11:37:00.000-08:002008-01-08T11:37:00.000-08:00Have a look at Andy Michael's homepage (http://qua...Have a look at Andy Michael's homepage (http://quake.usgs.gov/~michael/); he has an mp3 of a performance of a quartet he wrote for voice, trombone, cello, and seismograms, as well as some discussion and links to some other pages with earthquake sounds.kdingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428633481086371220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-86125268349150426452008-01-07T00:33:00.000-08:002008-01-07T00:33:00.000-08:00I'd be interested in seeing the pictures!One of th...I'd be interested in seeing the pictures!<BR/><BR/>One of the first places my mind went when I started reading in depth about earthquakes was how I could portray them musically! There are a couple of things I've been already thinking about doing, involving different frequencies of wave within one quake and involving displacement of notes/themes as if across a fault (like thrusting the pitch of the first part of a theme up relative to the second part of the theme, or something - this is still an unrefined idea!), but I hadn't even thought of using reflection/refraction patterns as a basis of a piece. Definitely a cool idea! <BR/><BR/>I hope the music does, as you said, help me approach seismology in interesting ways. Other people have also pointed out the physics-of-waves connection to me, which makes me feel a whole lot less weird about putting, "I have no formal experience, but..." on those college applications.Julianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946326483548193256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-47676301921415517002008-01-02T18:14:00.000-08:002008-01-02T18:14:00.000-08:00Thanks, Julian. I didn't bring any recording equip...Thanks, Julian. I didn't bring any recording equipment along on the class trip (which was at the end of August). I should post some of my pictures, though.<BR/><BR/>A musical background might help you think about seismology in really interesting ways, since both music and seismology involve the physics of waves. Maybe you can figure out a way to let people hear a slow earthquake, or... well, I'm neither a seismologist nor a composer, but I wonder if patterns of reflecting and refracting waves could inspire compositions?Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738706550175991130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-47806862214326866322008-01-01T22:41:00.000-08:002008-01-01T22:41:00.000-08:00(New commenter here, cruised on in through a long ...(New commenter here, cruised on in through a long chain of geoblog links. Don't mind me!)<BR/><BR/>As someone with a music background with hopes/plans to start school in seismology this fall, your description of singing quartzite is downright enthralling to me. The way you describe the visuals of the mylonite gives a beautiful mental image in and of itself, and I'd also be excited to simply see the transition between brittle and ductile in terms of visuals alone. But to add the aspect of <I>musical sound</I> coming in quite unexpectedly...just reading about it makes me very excited, since it bridges my interests so very neatly.<BR/>I, for one, would love to hear a recording of that sound, if you decide to bring recording equipment along when you go back with your class.<BR/><BR/>(Also, the title of your blog cracks me up so hard. Unrelatedly.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7563205518828267408.post-62834596290689293142007-06-15T06:27:00.000-07:002007-06-15T06:27:00.000-07:00During my oral comps my professor asked me to iden...During my oral comps my professor asked me to identify a rock - it was a mylonite. Beautiful specimen.<BR/><BR/>I too am a structural geologist, although only at masters level. I studied duplexes in limestone. Very interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com