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What kind of music will the aliens listen to when they get Voyager?



As you know, on board the Voyager, the first spacecraft that went beyond the boundaries of the solar system, has a lot of interesting things. In particular - the Golden Record Golden Record, which is called "The Sounds of Earth".

This disc contains the sounds of the Earth, including music. It is worth noting that the music here takes up more than 75% of the total recordings. Among other tracks, there is classical music, modern as well as folk music.

As for the classics, the aliens who get their hands on the paws of the tentacles of the pseudopod of the limb can hear, for example, Bach Brandenburg Concerto N2, Gavotte in the form of rondo, Well Tempered Clavier (I wonder if the aliens will understand the expression tempered clavier ”?), as well as Beethoven (5th symphony, string quartet No. 13), Mozart (The Magic Flute) and Stravinsky (Sacred Spring).
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Modern (at the time of recording) music is also included - Chuck Berry (“Johnny B. Goode”), Louis Armstrong (“Melancholy Blues”) and Blind Willy Johnson (“Dark Was the Night”).

In addition, there are folk compositions of various countries and regions, including India, Java and Japan. Scientists even included a recording for the Chinese seven-string instrument, the music for which was written more than 2500 years ago by the composer Bo Ya.

All recordings can listen to not only aliens, but also inhabitants of the Earth. You can do this by reference .

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/368391/


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