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Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out Music is all about vibrations, says Dr Scrontium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/37d5f133-ae91-47e0-b589-b47974c68bce/PXL_20250211_095642752.NIGHT%7E2.jpg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out The balloon immediately increased my sensitivity to vibrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/c6ab987a-a580-460b-8840-578c9f729852/Photo+from+George+Higgs.jpg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out The kids were climbing all over me to get to the vibrotactile balloon (photo by Noah Higgs). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/fe565e0f-ee2e-4c93-abf1-4e0aad2dcc9b/PXL_20250211_095101020%7E2.jpg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? 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Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out The kids and I on a walk, but the balloon is hidden! Possibly under my arm? (photo by Noah Higgs) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/5416c44f-d09d-478c-b44e-652d46224fa1/PXL_20250211_093631585%7E2.jpg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out The earth is like one giant vibrotactile balloon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/8568c7c9-9cec-45fc-a255-f41c78c05db3/sense+ensemble+blue+and+mustard.jpg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out Musical experience is a ‘sense ensemble’, involving a combination of multiple senses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/10183454-dcee-4e36-bcd1-48f31de29cd9/A94458C2-6751-4173-ABDA-AEF5CFCE37FA_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? Why not ask a deaf person? - Make it stand out The Sense Ensemble perform the Machine of Song in the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin in May, 2011 (photo by Amanda Feery). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671e440c14319d0cf714e334/491c3b08-92f7-41b3-9b26-293111cfad3e/C2205659-BC4A-436D-AED6-937C32E5B025_1_105_c.jpeg Blog - Curious Adventures with Vibrations # 1: What is music? 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