Atomic Spectra Keyboard

WHAT IS THAT MELODY???

Every element emits a unique signature of electromagnetic waves when excited.
We perceive a subset of these as light, ranging from 780nm to 380nm on average.

Similarly, various things in life produce pressure waves when in action.
We perceive a subset of these as sound, ranging from 20hz to 20khz on average.

But what if we swapped one for the other?
Click an element to hear what it would sound like!
1
H
Hydrogen
1.008
2
He
Helium
4.003
3
Li
Lithium
6.940
4
Be
Beryllium
9.012
5
B
Boron
10.810
6
C
Carbon
12.011
7
N
Nitrogen
14.007
8
O
Oxygen
15.999
9
F
Fluorine
18.998
10
Ne
Neon
20.180
11
Na
Sodium
22.990
12
Mg
Magnesium
24.305
13
Al
Aluminium
26.982
14
Si
Silicon
28.085
15
P
Phosphorus
30.974
16
S
Sulfur
32.060
17
Cl
Chlorine
35.450
18
Ar
Argon
39.948
19
K
Potassium
39.098
20
Ca
Calcium
40.078
21
Sc
Scandium
44.956
22
Ti
Titanium
47.867
23
V
Vanadium
50.942
24
Cr
Chromium
51.996
25
Mn
Manganese
54.938
26
Fe
Iron
55.845
27
Co
Cobalt
58.933
28
Ni
Nickel
58.693
29
Cu
Copper
63.546
30
Zn
Zinc
65.382
31
Ga
Gallium
69.723
32
Ge
Germanium
72.631
33
As
Arsenic
74.922
34
Se
Selenium
78.972
35
Br
Bromine
79.904
36
Kr
Krypton
83.798
37
Rb
Rubidium
85.468
38
Sr
Strontium
87.621
39
Y
Yttrium
88.906
40
Zr
Zirconium
91.224
41
Nb
Niobium
92.906
42
Mo
Molybdenum
95.951
43
Tc
Technetium
98.000
44
Ru
Ruthenium
101.072
45
Rh
Rhodium
102.906
46
Pd
Palladium
106.421
47
Ag
Silver
107.868
48
Cd
Cadmium
112.414
49
In
Indium
114.818
50
Sn
Tin
118.711
51
Sb
Antimony
121.760
52
Te
Tellurium
127.603
53
I
Iodine
126.904
54
Xe
Xenon
131.294
55
Cs
Cesium
132.905
56
Ba
Barium
137.328
57
La
Lanthanum
138.905
58
Ce
Cerium
140.116
59
Pr
Praseodymium
140.908
60
Nd
Neodymium
144.242
61
Pm
Promethium
145.000
62
Sm
Samarium
150.362
63
Eu
Europium
151.964
64
Gd
Gadolinium
157.253
65
Tb
Terbium
158.925
66
Dy
Dysprosium
162.500
67
Ho
Holmium
164.930
68
Er
Erbium
167.259
69
Tm
Thulium
168.934
70
Yb
Ytterbium
173.045
71
Lu
Lutetium
174.967
72
Hf
Hafnium
178.492
73
Ta
Tantalum
180.948
74
W
Tungsten
183.841
75
Re
Rhenium
186.207
76
Os
Osmium
190.233
77
Ir
Iridium
192.217
78
Pt
Platinum
195.085
79
Au
Gold
196.967
80
Hg
Mercury
200.592
81
Tl
Thallium
204.380
82
Pb
Lead
207.210
83
Bi
Bismuth
208.980
84
Po
Polonium
209.000
85
At
Astatine
210.000
86
Rn
Radon
222.000
87
Fr
Francium
223.000
88
Ra
Radium
226.000
89
Ac
Actinium
227.000
90
Th
Thorium
232.038
91
Pa
Protactinium
231.036
92
U
Uranium
238.029
93
Np
Neptunium
237.000
94
Pu
Plutonium
244.000
95
Am
Americium
243.000
96
Cm
Curium
247.000
97
Bk
Berkelium
247.000
98
Cf
Californium
251.000
99
Es
Einsteinium
252.000
100
Fm
Fermium
257.000
101
Md
Mendelevium
258.000
102
No
Nobelium
259.000
103
Lr
Lawrencium
266.000
104
Rf
Rutherfordium
267.000
105
Db
Dubnium
268.000
106
Sg
Seaborgium
269.000
107
Bh
Bohrium
270.000
108
Hs
Hassium
269.000
109
Mt
Meitnerium
278.000
110
Ds
Darmstadtium
281.000
111
Rg
Roentgenium
282.000
112
Cn
Copernicium
285.000
113
Nh
Nihonium
286.000
114
Fl
Flerovium
289.000
115
Mc
Moscovium
289.000
116
Lv
Livermorium
293.000
117
Ts
Tennessine
294.000
118
Og
Oganesson
294.000
119
Uue
Ununennium
315.000
While hearing the true visible spectrum is impossible since it's MANY orders of magnitude
too high-pitched, we CAN still map it onto the audible spectrum.

Here, I have mapped sounds logarithmically to visible frequencies.
That way, you'll have a better idea of how it might have sounded if we evolved this way.