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Listen to the mesmerizing music made by plants

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Description: It is now possible, using bio-sonification, to translate the internal frequencies of plants into different melodies.

Tune into nature.

Emmett Smith

on September 2, 2021

Listen to the mesmerizing music made by plants

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It is now possible, using bio-sonification, to translate the internal frequencies of plants into musical masterpieces.

Joe Patitucci, composer and cofounder of PlantWave, uses that plant music as a bridge between the human and natural world.

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