Musical road - wikipedia Musical road A musical road is a road, or part of a road, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body in the form of a musical tune. Musical roads are known to exist in eight countries : Denmark, Japan, South Korea, the United States of America, China, San Marino, Taiwan, and Ukraine. Contents 1 By country 1.1 Denmark 1.1. 1 Asphaltophone 1.2 Japan 1.2. 1 Melody Road 1.3 South Korea 1.3. 1 Singing Road 1.4 United States 1.4. 1 Civic Musical Road 1.4. 2 Tijeras, New Mexico 2 See also 3 References 4 External links By country Denmark Asphaltophone The first known musical road, the Asphaltophone, was created in October 1995 in Gylling, Østjylland, Denmark, by Steen Krarup Jensen and Jakob Freud - Magnus, two Danish artists. The Asphaltophone is made from a series of raised pavement markers, similar to Botts ' dots, spaced out at intermittent intervals -- watermark -- so that as a vehicle drives over the markers, the vibrations caused by the wheels can be heard inside the car. Japan Melody road Melody road in Shibetsu, Hokkaido, Japan In Japan, Shizuo Shinoda accidentally scraped some markings into a road with a bulldozer and drove over them, and realised that it was possible to create tunes depending on the depth and spacing of the grooves. In 2007, the Hokkaido National Industrial Research Institute, which had previously worked on a system using infra - red lights to detect dangerous road surfaces, refined Shinoda 's designs to create the Melody Road. They used the same concept of cutting grooves into the concrete at specific intervals and found the closer the grooves are, the higher the pitch of the sound ; while grooves which are spaced farther apart create lower pitched sounds. There are multiple permanently paved 250 m stretches of Melody Roads. The first ones built included one in Hokkaido, another in the town of Kimino in Wakayama where a car can produce the Japanese ballad `` Miagete goran yoru no hoshi wo '' by Kyu Sakamoto, one in Shizuoka Prefecture on the ascending drive up Mount Fuji, and a fourth in the village of Katashina in Gunma, which consists of 2,559 grooves cut into a 175 m stretch of existing roadway and produces the tune of `` Memories of Summer ''. The roads work by creating sequences of variable width groove intervals to create specific low and high frequency vibrations. Some of these roads, such as one in Okinawa that produces the Japanese folk song `` Futami Jowa '', as well as one in Hiroshima Prefecture, are polyphonic, with different sequences of rumble strips for the left and right tires so that a melody and harmony can be heard. As of 2016, there are now over 30 Melody Roads in Japan, with 4 in Hokkaido, 3 in Hiroshima, 2 in Shizuoka, 2 in Oita, 10 in Gunma, and 1 each in various other prefectures. South Korea Singing road The Singing Road can be found close to Anyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea, and was created using grooves cut into the ground, similar to the Japanese Melody Roads. Unlike the Japanese roads, however, which were designed to attract tourists, the Singing Road is intended to help motorists stay alert and awake -- 68 % of traffic accidents in South Korea are due to inattentive, sleeping or speeding drivers. The tune played is `` Merrily we roll along '' and took four days to construct. As of 2010, there are three Singing Roads in South Korea ; the second one, built at an unknown date, plays a traditional folk tune for guests exiting the ski resort Kangwonland. The third is located on the way from Osan to Chinhae and was built at an unknown date as well, and the title of the song it plays is currently unknown. United States Civic musical road Play media Video of Civic Musical Road in Lancaster, California in 2013 The Civic Musical Road was built on Avenue K in Lancaster, California, United States, on 5 September 2008. Covering a quarter - mile stretch of road between 60th Street West and 70th Street West, the Musical Road used grooves cut into the asphalt to replicate part of the Finale of the William Tell Overture. It was paved over on 23 September after nearby residents complained to the city council about noise levels. After further complaints from city residents about its removal, work began to re-create it on 15 October 2008 on Avenue G between 30th Street West and 40th Street West -- this time, two miles away from any residence. This road is named after the Honda Civic. It opened two days later. The new section on Avenue G is only in the far left lane of the westbound side of the road. The road appears in Honda Civic commercials. The rhythm is recognizable, but the intervals are so far off that the melody bears only a slight resemblance to the William Tell Overture, regardless of the car speed. It is likely the designers made a systematic miscalculation not to include the width of the groove in the relevant width of the spacing plus groove. This failure was made on both roads, Avenue K and Avenue G. Tijeras, New Mexico Signs at Tijeras Musical Road In October 2014, the village of Tijeras, New Mexico installed a musical road on a two - lane stretch of U.S. Route 66 which plays America the Beautiful when a vehicle drives over it. This highway is labelled NM 333, between Miles 4 and 5, eastbound. Funded by the National Geographic Society, the project was coordinated with the New Mexico Department of Transportation who described the project as a way to get drivers to slow down. See also Rumble strip References Jump up ^ `` Taiwan 's ' musical road ' unveiled ''. The Taipei Times. ^ Jump up to : Thyrri, Irene ( October 1995 ). The Asphaltophone - road melodies on YouTube, TV 2 / Østjylland. Accessed 20 October 2008. ( in Danish ). Jump up ^ Johnson, Bobbie ( 13 November 2007 ). `` Japan 's melody roads play music as you drive ''. The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Jump up ^ `` Your car as a musical instrument - Melody Roads ''. NoiseAddicts.com. 29 September 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2008. Jump up ^ Staff writers ( 13 November 2007 ). `` ' Melody Road ' fascinates drivers ''. News.com.au. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Jump up ^ ( 5 December 2007 ). Singing Roads - Take a Musical Trip in Japan on YouTube. Accessed 20 October 2008. ^ Jump up to : Choo, Joohee ; Lee, Rebecca ( 29 November 2007 ). `` Singing Streets and Melody Roads ''. ABC News. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Jump up ^ ( 20 September 2008 ). Musical Road Hits Sour Notes With Neighbors at the Wayback Machine ( archived 5 January 2010 ), KCBS - TV ( CBS ). Accessed 3 November 2012. Jump up ^ `` US ' musical road ' hits bum note ''. BBC Online. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2008. Jump up ^ `` Town Scores Encore to ' William Tell ' Musical Road ''. Associated Press. 17 October 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2012. Jump up ^ `` Musical Road Relocated, Lancaster Streets will Sing Again ''. City of Lancaster, California. 23 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Jump up ^ Hauxwell, Molly ( 17 October 2008 ). `` Notes ring again as city re-creates musical road ''. AV Press. Jump up ^ Simmons - Duffin, David ( 23 December 2008 ). `` Honda Needs a Tune - Up ''. davidsd.org. Retrieved 8 May 2012. Jump up ^ Scott, Tom ( 2017 - 10 - 16 ). `` Why California 's Musical Road Sounds Terrible '' ( Video ). YouTube. Retrieved 2017 - 10 - 17. Jump up ^ The Singing Road Jump up ^ `` New Mexico hopes ' singing road ' curbs speeding '', Associated Press via Yahoo News ( online ), 1 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Route 66 Adds Singing Road as Speeding Deterrent '', ABC News ( TV ), 2 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Route 66 ' singing road ' debuts in New Mexico '', KRQE News 13 ( TV ), 1 October 2014. External links The Singing Road in New Mexico The Singing Road Locations of singing roads and their sounds on Sound Tourism website Google Maps Link Sound sculptures and installations Blackpool High Tide Organ Hydraulophone Kendall Band Musical road Playing the Building Sea organ Singing Ringing Tree Wave Organ Wind chime Wind organ Sibelius Monument ( Helsinki ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musical_road&oldid=817772475 '' Categories : Public art Road infrastructure Sound sculptures Hidden categories : Articles with Danish - language external links Webarchive template wayback links Use dmy dates from February 2013 All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from November 2012 Hokkaidō Prefecture articles missing geocoordinate data All articles needing coordinates Talk Contents About Wikipedia فارسی 日本 語 Русский 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 30 December 2017, at 13 : 43. 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Question: what song does the musical road in lancaster play
Answer: part of the Finale of the William Tell Overture