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Sounds Like with Sean Chen - Musical multiverse

Composer John Cage and a graphical depiction of the harmonic series.
Composer John Cage and a depiction of the harmonic series.

One note, is never just one note. When you hear a single note on the piano for example, what you’re actually hearing is a stack of frequencies - a family of related tones known as the harmonic series

Music referenced in this episode:

In A Landspace
by John Cage

Piano Variations
by Aaron Copland

Introduction et Rondo capriccioso, Op. 28, R. 188
by Camille Saint-Saëns

Scheherazade, Op. 35: IV
by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

Sean Chen creates custom musical mashups for Classical KC's "Sounds Like with Sean Chen."
Sam Wisman is Production Director for 91.9 Classical KC and a backup announcer for KCUR 89.3