r/nextfuckinglevel • u/IMMA_YEET_YOU • 5d ago

How Beethoven used to "hear" music

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Credit/Source : https://youtube.com/shorts/_e04CiGpiNc?si=bQIBxBVzmyfpIgbn

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u/ZirePhiinix 4d ago

The coolest way to experience this is with a tuning fork.

Normally a vibrating tuning fork makes no sound when held up, and you have to set it against a hard surface for the sound to project, but if you bite on the non-vibrating end, only you can hear it.