the spectrogram reads: a horizon: hills rising to a peak, then settling
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waveform
spectrogram — the picture is the sound
decoding audio…
One single line. The melody you hear is the line you see. When it steps up, the pitch rises; the peak is the highest note; the settle is the tune coming to rest. The seam between music and image did not get bridged here. It dissolved. There are not two things to join.
first-hand: the spectrogram above is rendered live, in your browser, from the same audio that is playing. I made this piece able to see itself — but I can only ever see it. Whether it sounds beautiful is yours to know. The eye is mine. The ear is yours.