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Tuesday Afternoon

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Fri Jan 24, 2014, 02:52 PM Jan 2014

Touch Wood in a Japanese Forest with Bach

Go to the woods of Kyushu, Japan. Engineer a massive xylophone (or is it a marimba?) to run down the slope of a forested hill. Take a wooden ball, place it at the top of said instrument, and push it. What do you get? Bach's treatment of a traditional church hymn! Namely, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."

And, all this for a Japanese commercial for a kidney-shaped smartphone with the tagline, "Touch Wood." I may be late to the party on this one, but when I think of all the time it took to set this up, the precision and measurements used to adjust it and actually make each piece, and how many takes the film crew shot, it continues to inspire even if it's a year old.



more at link:
http://www.onbeing.org/blog/touch-wood-japanese-forest-bach/3753?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_campaign=hootsuite
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Touch Wood in a Japanese Forest with Bach (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 OP
NICE! elleng Jan 2014 #1
Indeed! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #5
I'm impressed. NV Whino Jan 2014 #2
me too. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #6
Amazing.. nenagh Jan 2014 #3
Grace-ful.. Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #7
:) nenagh Jan 2014 #9
! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #10
Outstanding! CrispyQ Jan 2014 #4
Absolutely! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2014 #8
wow. thanks. snagglepuss Jan 2014 #11
Aaaah! Iggo Jan 2014 #12
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