Here's a unicorn drawn in notes on a music program, and it sounds just as magical as it looks. Go ahead, hit play.
Enjoy a unicorn made out of music notes
The unicorn is the creation of Andrew Huang, a Toronto-based YouTuber and musician. He told BuzzFeed News it took him about six hours to complete the project, and that the unicorn's mouth was the hardest part.
"I had a very limited range of notes to work with to be able to faithfully recreate its shape, and most of the options I explored didn't sound very melodic," he said.
Needless to say, it turned out really well. People are losing their shit over how good it sounds.
@andrewismusic WHY DOES IT SOUND GOOD, IT SHOULDN'T SOUND GOOD, BUT IT DOES
@andrewismusic ok this is a new genre, this must not go away
That horn, tho.
@andrewismusic I can't deal with the chromatic rising of the unicorn horn, it's too much 😂 I also like the longer notes inside the ear
There have been lots of comparisons to classic video game soundtracks, too.
@mindofjonah @andrewismusic like an old N64 or GameCube game theme
Huang said this was accidental. He said he drew his influence from baroque music, particularly Bach, and that he wouldn't be surprised if people who created classic video game scores did the same. The shape of the unicorn also "forced the genre choice to a large extent."
"A lot of other types of music don't use these clustered flurries of notes in all possible registers, and for a drawing like this to work well it's extremely helpful to have a lot of note possibilities in both pitch and time," he said.
Huang has even inspired others to try their hands at making MIDI art, like this puppy.
Got so inspired by this 🦄video 👉https://t.co/aO2BkiN8tE that I had to try it myself. So: A little puppy made out of… https://t.co/AY3Ul6beCm
Huang's own inspiration for the unicorn was this bird, composed by Norwegian artist Savant.
Huang said the reaction to his project has been really positive. "People love unicorns," he said.
