Japanese Phone Company Channels J.S. Bach to Help Sell Phone

Tyler McNally | January 19, 2016

A Japanese phone company produced an advertisement for their new phone called the "Touch Wood" by rolling a wooden ball down a slope over other wooden blocks. While it may not seem like a fascinating idea, the rolling ball created a sound that resembled Johann Sebastian Bach's BWV 147 entitled "Jesus bleibet meine Freude."

To fully understand the musical skill of the advertisement, here is a version of the composition played on the piano.