I found something close to the frequency of my television

[Nubus]

I was playing bass the other night with the lights off and the TV on. when I hit certain notes it looked like the string was moving back and forth like twice a second, closer and further away from the body. It was pretty surreal, I felt like I was having an acid flashback for a second. If I moved frets around close to those notes it bounced at different faster rates. I guess what I found was frequencies close to the flicker of TV.

[DreamwaveMusic]

ive noticed this many times, its so sparatic though. very tripped out indeed.

[smopo24]

kinda reminds me of the "string theory" in physics. basically, people say that everything when broken down to the smallest element is made up of these little strings of energy that vibrate at different frequencies; interesting stuff:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_theory

[dagosto]

I once used one of those vibrating back massagers on my head to relieve a headache whil I was watching TV. I notice the entire screen became all wavy and weird. I think this has to do with how telivision is shot out in two succesive layers instead of a full snapshot like film.

edit: sp

[DreamwaveMusic]

mmm i like the string theory...dont thing god does hehe. did ya learn about the holographic principle in physics? that really fascinated me.. the whole idea of everything being connect and part of a whole. makes sense.. if the most basic elements are particles and waves, and physics has already proved that particles can be waves and waves can be particles...then whats with all the fragmentation?

[Whoopysnorp]

Yeah, you'll get that with any CRT. The refresh rate of a typical computer monitor is in between 60 and 80 Hz or so, so you probably found a frequency that was some certain multiple of whatever the TV refresh rate was, unless you were playing real super low.

[dagosto]

Actually bass guitars can go down to around a 41Hz fundamental in standard tuning.

[Nubus]

I think color television in the U.S. is 29.97 frames per second, but I don't know if the TV I have at home projects that, or if that is what they shoot at.

[Whoopysnorp]

29.97 FPS is the NTSC video specification, but I don't think that necessarily means that's the refresh rate of a TV. In fact I think there might be problems if it were that low, as the refreshes might not sync up correctly with the frames.

[dagosto]

Originally Posted by Whoopysnorp

29.97 FPS is the NTSC video specification, but I don't think that necessarily means that's the refresh rate of a TV. In fact I think there might be problems if it were that low, as the refreshes might not sync up correctly with the frames.

That is the correct refresh rate but the television actually splits each frame up into two layers. Every other horizontal line will refresh and then the the next layer. 29.97 is drop frame rates. This is needed for color TV because of the approximately .03 FPS worth of extra information needed in comparison to black and white. Black and white TV is still broadcast at 30fps (although this is changing with HD) and if you pay really close attention sound will go out of sync slightly after a while.