What would a tree ring sound like if played like a record?

[BrickInTheHead]

[media]http://vimeo.com/30501143[/media]

[quote]Rings on a tree can give information about the age of the tree, as well as indicate environmental conditions such as rain levels, disease, and even forest fire. Light colored rings indicate quick growth, while darker rings indicate times when the tree did not grow as quickly. Slices of trees are not uniform, and they all tell a story about the tree’s history.

Bartholomäus Traubeck created equipment that would translate tree rings into music by playing them on a turntable. Rather than use a needle like a record, sensors gather information about the wood’s color and texture and use an algorithm that translates variations into piano notes. The breadth of variation between individual trees results in a individualized tune. The album, appropriately titled “Years,” features spruce, ash, oak, maple, alder, walnut, and beech trees. It is available to download now, though it will be available to purchase on vinyl in August. The end product of these arbor “records” is haunting and beautiful and you need to check it out.[/quote]

this is awesome. it's almost as if playing a memory - scars strike and fade away, covered under deep layers. the outer rings are more dense, a hum of short term memories and scars yet unhealed and unburied.

[Water-Marine]

this tree had shit taste in music

[B_I_G__C_U_M]

[QUOTE=Water-Marine;46744450]this tree had shit taste in music[/QUOTE]

"you can tell from this ring that this tree unironically listened to neutral milk hotel."

[ThePanther]

I personally feel like string instruments like violins would have made more sense to use for this, but it's interesting regardless.

[Tetsmega]

I thought it was going to be played from a phonograph but that would probably just be noisy.