"I wanted to show all of the properties that the DNA in HIV contains

"I wanted to show all of the properties that the DNA in HIV contains. Hopefully it's a whole new way for people to learn about the science behind the disease," Pajak told AOL News.

The graduate student -- who studied music as an undergrad at Agnes Scott College -- said the project took her more than three painstaking months to complete because she wanted to compose the most accurate musical translation possible of the genetic code of HIV.

"I stayed very loyal to the DNA. Every segment of the virus was assigned music pitches that correspond to the segment's scientific properties. The sounds literally reflect the nature of the virus," she explained.

Pajak said she first broke down the basic nucleotides in the DNA -- scientifically abbreviated A,C,T and G -- and assigned tones to those. Luckily, A, C and G are also already musical pitches in the scale, so she said matching up that part was easy.

"There was a lot of logic involved in this. I also broke down 20 amino acids and proteins and assigned pitches to those. I used the A-minor scale for the amino acids based on their level of attraction to water. So, when you hear this CD, you're literally hearing the entire genome of the HIV virus. It's pretty cool," she added.

Pajak said she wrote and composed all of the classical tunes on her keyboard first, and then called for help from an instrumental band named "Sequence Ensemble" to lay down the final tracks.

The band brought a piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and cello to blend all of her rhythms and patterns together and, to Pajak's surprise, the songs ended up sounding rather "pleasant."