Class Exercise 4 – Sound

SoundC/ R/ UN/ H/ TM?Close/ Far
Birds chirpingCNMClose
CatUN Far
MotorcycleRTMClose
CarRTMClose
Dog barkUN Far
Kitchen utensilsRH Far
BrakesRTMClose
MetalRH Far
Fly buzzingUNMClose
Pigeon cooingRN Far
ChattingRHMFar
HonkRT Close
Pen against paperRH Close
CheeringUHFar
FootstepsRHMFar
Motor engineBecame CT Close
Cart rollingUHMFar
Sound Map
  1. The sounds which were inaudible in the recording were the really faint/ far ones i.e. the pen sliding against the paper and some faint cheering from the neighbors.
  2. New Sounds: The nature of the sounds I just heard wasn’t that exceptional, so I guess I can’t consider it new sound. However, back home, I wouldn’t have heard birds continuously chirping, and I wouldn’t have heard the neighbors’ lunch plates clattering because buildings in Amman are further apart from buildings in Beirut. Perhaps in my parents childhood, they didn’t hear much car brakes or motorcycles.
  3. Old Sounds: living in a new city, I no longer hear the sound of the cotton candy man’s whistle as he rolls down my street, or the cheaply remade Beethoven symphony being transmitted by the gas cylinder truck.
  4. 2 minutes of the recording with most sound: 04:10 – 06:10

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