The Songs of Spiders

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What does a spider web sound like? Join us as we weave a web of connections between science and music - and learn some truly mind-blowing facts about spiders! MIT scientist and musician Markus Buehler shares his journey into the spiderverse, turning spider silk into instruments and making materials from nature. Watch Markus’ spider music videos on the blog on our website, sciencepodcastforkids.com The song "Spider Variations" by Markus Buehler was used with permission from Markus. The sounds are based on a sonification method of a spider web as described in the references below [1-2], part of a larger collaboration with Tomás Saraceno, Saraceno Studios, Ally Bisshop, Thomas Muehletahler, and Evan Ziporyn, and the MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology (CAST). Hear more of Markus' songs on his Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/user-275864738 Hear more from Markus about materials and music in our bonus interview episode, available when you support us on Patreon for just $1 or more a month on Patreon.com/tumblepodcast.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
0:03.6	And I'm Marshall.
0:04.6	Welcome to tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
0:07.8	Today, we're exploring the world of Spider Music.
0:12.2	Spider Music? Is this music made by? of spider music.
0:13.2	music?
0:14.2	is this music made by spiders or four spiders or both?
0:18.4	It's sort of an yes and answer.
0:21.4	We're going to weave a web of connections between science and music and
0:25.8	find out what spiders can teach us about how to make material.
0:40.0	Okay, we're starting the show with musical spiders. I'll warn you, the music is a bit creepy, but listen as closely as you can.
0:46.0	All right, all right, here is pretty out there. I think you're not wrong about it being
1:05.1	creepy though, but so how is this made by a spider? Well it's not something that
1:11.8	you'll hear a spider make when you're out in nature, but it is something
1:17.4	that you can see spiders make, turned into music through computers.
1:23.1	It's a spider web.
1:27.9	Oh, yeah, well, that makes perfect sense.
1:29.7	This sounds very much like the experience of,
1:31.8	like when you walk through a spider web and it gets in your
1:34.4	face and stuff.
1:35.4	Or it's like the background music to a movie about spiders?
1:42.4	Just like a romantic comedy.
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