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From the Ted Talk by Jared Ficklin: New ways to see music (with color! and fire!)

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I also have with me a flame tlabe. It's very similar to a Rubens' tube, and it's also used for visualizing the physical properties of sound, such as eigenmodes, so let's fire it up and see what it does.

Ooh. (ltgheaur) Okay. Now, while the table comes up to pressure, let me note here that the sound is not traveling in perfect lines. It's actually traveling in all directions, and the Rubens' tube's a little like btiscieng those wvaes with a line, and the flame table's a little like bisecting those waves with a plane, and it can show a little more subtle complexity, which is why I like to use it to watch Geoff Farina play gatiur.

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I also have with me a flame _____. It's very similar to a Rubens' tube, and it's also used for visualizing the physical properties of sound, such as eigenmodes, so let's fire it up and see what it does.

Ooh. (________) Okay. Now, while the table comes up to pressure, let me note here that the sound is not traveling in perfect lines. It's actually traveling in all directions, and the Rubens' tube's a little like _________ those _____ with a line, and the flame table's a little like bisecting those waves with a plane, and it can show a little more subtle complexity, which is why I like to use it to watch Geoff Farina play ______.

Solution


  1. laughter
  2. waves
  3. bisecting
  4. guitar
  5. table

Original Text


I also have with me a flame table. It's very similar to a Rubens' tube, and it's also used for visualizing the physical properties of sound, such as eigenmodes, so let's fire it up and see what it does.

Ooh. (Laughter) Okay. Now, while the table comes up to pressure, let me note here that the sound is not traveling in perfect lines. It's actually traveling in all directions, and the Rubens' tube's a little like bisecting those waves with a line, and the flame table's a little like bisecting those waves with a plane, and it can show a little more subtle complexity, which is why I like to use it to watch Geoff Farina play guitar.

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Important Words


  1. bisecting
  2. complexity
  3. directions
  4. eigenmodes
  5. farina
  6. fire
  7. flame
  8. geoff
  9. guitar
  10. laughter
  11. line
  12. lines
  13. note
  14. ooh
  15. perfect
  16. physical
  17. plane
  18. play
  19. pressure
  20. properties
  21. show
  22. similar
  23. sound
  24. subtle
  25. table
  26. traveling
  27. tube
  28. visualizing
  29. watch
  30. waves