This Song uses the Location of Birds Sitting on Wires as Musical Notes

One morning while reading a newspaper;

Jarbas Agnelli saw a photograph of birds on an electric wire. He cut out the photo and was inspired to make a song using the exact location of the birds as musical notes. He was curious to hear what melody the birds created.

Jarbas Agnelli asked himself, “I saw this picture of birds on the electric wires.”

“So I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.”

He sent the music to the photographer, Paulo Pinto, who told his editor, who told a reporter and the story ended up as an interview in the newspaper.

It ended up Winner of the YouTube Play Guggenheim Biennial Festival.

Have a listen at how incredible the sounds that came out of the birds’ positioning on the wires.

One morning while reading a newspaper; Jarbas Agnelli saw a photograph of birds on an electric wire. He cut out the photo and was inspired to make a song using the exact location of the birds as musical notes. He was curious to hear what melody the birds created. Jarbas Agnelli asked himself, “I saw…