<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>P S Or, vibrations divided, of course. </div><div><br></div><div>Interesting, R Strauss' prescience in Zarathustra re the pitch of the universe (B), although he got it the other way around (Zara's C for universal nature and B for human). </div><div><br></div><div>With affiliation this time,</div><div><br></div><div>Donna Doyle</div><div>Queens College CUNY</div><div>Flushing, NY 11367</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Donna Doyle <<a href="mailto:donnadoyle@att.net">donnadoyle@att.net</a>><br><b>Date:</b> August 4, 2013, 7:15:24 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Dave Headlam <<a href="mailto:dheadlam@esm.rochester.edu">dheadlam@esm.rochester.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "<a href="mailto:smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Re: [Smt-talk] good bacterial vibrations</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Thanks, Dave! </span><br><span></span><br><span>Questions: Are the vibrations steady? If multiplied to lie within human hearing range, what pitch would they produce? (Remember the NPR program on the pitch of outer space?)</span><br><span></span><br><span>Best,</span><br><span>Donna Doyle</span><br><span></span><br><span>On Jul 2, 2013, at 7:33 AM, Dave Headlam <<a href="mailto:dheadlam@esm.rochester.edu">dheadlam@esm.rochester.edu</a>> wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hi -- interesting story here about vibration rates in bacteria and applications for antibiotics. Makes me wonder about possible uses for music theory outside the usual classroom - hotel ballroom circuit. Could we help analyze these pathological songs?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/microscopic-tuning-forks-could-m.html?ref=hp">http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2013/06/microscopic-tuning-forks-could-m.html?ref=hp</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dave Headlam</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>-- </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Dave Headlam</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Professor of Music Theory</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Eastman School of Music</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>26 Gibbs St.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Rochester, NY 14604</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:david.headlam@rochester.edu">david.headlam@rochester.edu</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://theory.esm.rochester.edu/dave_headlam">http://theory.esm.rochester.edu/dave_headlam</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Smt-talk mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org">Smt-talk@lists.societymusictheory.org</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org">http://lists.societymusictheory.org/listinfo.cgi/smt-talk-societymusictheory.org</a></span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>