I am sitting in my apartment with my windows open and a car drove by and as it did, the music got distorted the further away to got. I’ve noticed this too while walking to class and someone is blasting music in their car.
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Another thing that changes is that different notes – frequencies – are absorbed differently. In particular, the high tones are mostly absorbed by the car’s structure, and the air, but the low tones – the base, the beat – travels further through through the air and even through the ground.
People often talk about ‘Doof Doof’ music, because outside the car, from a distance, all you hear is the beat – all the higher tones in the music are lost.
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