3019. On that note
© Bruce Goodman 15 June 2024


(Please note that the time sequences in this narrative are Earth Times. The time sequences of other inhabited planets can easily be worked out by the numerous time-conversion programs online.)

The music of the Oyamians on Planet Oyama differs vastly from the music here on Planet Earth. A concert in Oyama can last two or three days. The orchestra plays a single continuous note. Many concert goers join in with the orchestra to present an extraordinary loud sustained note. In our musical system the note would be described as A flat.

After two or three days of listening to this note, when indicated by the conductor, the note suddenly changes. It goes, I believe, from the aforementioned A flat to perhaps G. The effect is overwhelming. It is mind-blowing. It produces a euphoria in the listeners like you wouldn’t believe. Although this climatic extravaganza has been witnessed by humans, three quarters of an hour listening to a single note is about all a human can take; let alone hearing the same note for two or three days.

Thanks goodness these Oyaminans emerge from their pupae stage for a short period of time only once every twenty-seven years.

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