Federation Bells - Melbourne, Victoria
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bucketeer
S 37° 49.127 E 144° 58.445
55H E 321683 N 5812357
An rather unusual musical Installation
Waymark Code: WMEZE7
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 07/28/2012
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The Federation Bells installation is a public musical instrument.
The bells are struck by computer controlled hammers programmed to play MIDI compositions.
On a daily basis sequences composed for the bells by 7 Australian composers play, allowing people to wander amongst the bells for an exhilarating experience or sit nearby and enjoy their clear and gentle musicality.
The sequencing of the bells uses standard musical software and the bell sounds can be downloaded from the website (
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Information was taken from Australian Sound Design Project website (
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Original compositions are also available for download.
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