Writing and Recording “761 mph”
LYRICS
How thick is your medium?
It’s been found
The speed of sound
Well, it ah, um…
I’ll ask it
Is it propagating through an elastic medium?
Because if it’s gotta travel through space
You’ll have to face
The tedium
What’s your medium?
Too thick or too thin… hard to get the sound movin’
Ya ever wonder your Mach number?
For fluid dynamics tricks
Pass through a gas
Divide your speed by the speed of sound
For your Mach to be found
If excitement you crave
Catch the sound wave
Succeed at Mach speed
ABOUT THIS SONG
speed of sound at sea level = 761.207051 mph
The speed of sound is the distance travelled during a unit of time by a sound wave propagating through an elastic medium. In dry air at 20 °C (68 °F), the speed of sound is 343 metres per second (1,125 ft/s). This is 1,234 kilometres per hour (767 mph), or about a kilometre in three seconds or a mile in five seconds.
In fluid dynamics, the speed of sound in a fluid medium (gas or liquid) is used as a relative measure of speed itself. The speed of an object divided by the speed of sound in the fluid is called the Mach number. Objects moving at speeds greater than Mach1 are traveling at supersonic speeds. — Wikipedia
Chords — F#m
140 Beats Per Measure / Shuffle
Daniel — Vocals, Synthesizers, Electric Guitar
From the album The Speed Of Sound
By Daniel Brouse