Ambigramming Bach

To the accompaniment of J.S. Bach's "crab" canon, we see an ambigram being drawn from both ends at once.

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Music

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• ambigram
• bach
• crab
• canon
• musical
• offering
• cancrizans
• palindrome
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[skryabyn]

HOLY SHIT THAT IS SMOKING

[JupiterIV]

Oh, good grief! Everybody's trying to find a way to go Bach to basics!

[MMmusing]

@olivleonardo Yes, showing the score is more literal. No question about that. I actually have posted such a version (with animated crabs!), though it has the same wrong note you cited. Just search "bach crab canon mmmusing" and you'll find it.

[olivleonardo]

@MMmusing Actually, showing the score is more literal and people can exacly understand what happens. It is done in other videos.

[olivleonardo]

@MMmusing Right. It was a good idea, though some people think there is some connection between notes and animation.

[MMmusing]

@olivleonardo It's true there's no direct connection between the individual notes and animation - the point is that the two are analogous on a higher level. With the music, the tune played backwards against itself produces satisfying polyphony. With the drawing, the single line, when placed upside and backwards against itself produce the letters of Bach's name. (Yes, I know about the wrong note - it's also in the other video I posted of the crab canon. It's just a pain to re-post.)

[olivleonardo]

@macmathghamhna It seems absolutely arbitrary to me, and there is one wrong note in this reproduction, as I pointed.

[olivleonardo]

At 0'51" there is one wrong note in this midi file...

[macmathghamhna]

how are the symbols generated from the music?

[pantera577]

bach is proof of the good existence

[jchevlen]

WOW....very impressive

[cartercallison]

retards......