What Is Music? A Diverse, Thoughtful Introduction to Earth's Soundscape for an Interstellar Audience
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People propose a diverse, human-friendly sampler of Earth's music—from Bach and Miles Davis to Star Wars and James Bond themes—to introduce humanity to aliens, celebrate the communal joy of making music, and acknowledge that alien listeners might perceive tempo, pitch, and instruments differently and that there is no single definitive answer.
