32 metronomes all set to the same tempo, put into motion at different times, all synchronize within ~2 minutes. If you haven’t seen it before, try to guess why. Don’t cheat!
That’s pretty cool! I would guess that it has something to do with the fact that the table they’re on is free to swing. It probably averages out the various vibrations. Am I close?
I think so. It is amplifying and destructive resonance, communicated by the free hanging table. <—here is the answer in white.
It would be interesting to do this with metronomes that do not have the same rhythm. One could get phase shifts, as in Steve Reich’s music. Somebody has so many metronomes?
I think so. It is amplifying and destructive resonance, communicated by the free hanging table. <—here is the answer in white.
It would be interesting to do this with metronomes that do not have the same rhythm. One could get phase shifts, as in Steve Reich’s music. Somebody has so many metronomes?
I think that this would only work with simple harmonics. Extended phase shifts like Reich’s Piano Phase wouldn’t work.
Never thought of that. (One learns something all the time here.) I will get it for my kids’ iPods so they can stop destroying my expensive mahogany one.
Never thought of that. (One learns something all the time here.) I will get it for my kids’ iPods so they can stop destroying my expensive mahogany one.
As a nurse, Asanta, all you really need is to know the song “Stayng Alive,” by the Bee Gees. Supposedly, when you are performing CPR and try to restart the heart, the best way to stay close to the tempo of the recomended 100 pushes per minute is to keep humming the song.
