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Composer creates a musical piece with the sounds of drawing and writing

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: What does the letter F sound like as it's being written? How about S? Experimental composer Leah Reid composed an entire musical work with the sounds of drawing and writing. It is called "Sk(etch)." Chris Hoff of "The World According To Sound" podcast has the story.

CHRIS HOFF: Leah Reid is a professor of music at the University of Virginia, and she composes pieces of musique concrete - or music made up of recorded sounds.

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