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Ralph’s Italian Ices May 17 5:20 PM

      Close sounds: customers placing orders, freezer doors opening, employees talking to each other

       Medium sounds: cars driving down Franklin avenue, cars pulling into the parking lot

       Far sounds: car wash employees talking, hoses spraying, dryers blowing

     Sound level: high

     One word description: busy

     Most important sounds: customers placing orders, freezer doors opening, employees talking to each other

Firemens Memorial Field May 17 5:10 PM

     Close sounds: baseballs being hit, crowd cheering, coaches talking, wind blowing

     Medium sounds: birds chirping, trees blowing in the wind

     Far sounds: cars driving down the street

     Sound level: moderate

     One word description: athletic

     Most important sounds: baseballs being hit, crowd cheering, coaches talking

North Woodmere Park May 17 4:45 PM

     Close Sounds: kids playing on playground, swingset squeaking, people talking, wind blowing

     Medium sounds: cars pulling into parking lot, seagulls squawking

     Far sounds: airplanes flying into jfk

     Sound level: moderate

     One word description: fun

     Most important sounds: kids playing, seagulls squawking, airplanes flying into jfk

Valley Stream Dog Park May 17 4:25 PM

     Close sounds: Dogs barking, people chitchatting, chains jingling on dog collars, wind blowing

     Medium sounds: trees blowing in the wind, cars pulling into parking lot

     Far sounds: cars driving down sunrise highway, train arriving at valley stream train station, mr. Softee truck

     Sound Level: moderate

     One word description: relaxed

     Most important sounds: dog barking, people chitchatting, chains jingling on dog collars

Date: May 17th

Time: 8:13pm

Location: outside on Hope Street

Sounds Heard: a breeze, birds chirping, someones voice carrying from inside their house, someone opening and closing their front door, a plane passing by overhead, a very far away train

Location: my driveway

Time: 4:24pm

Date: May 16th, 2022

Sounds Heard: rain falling and hitting the ground, the light noises of the differences of rain hitting various objects (the roof of my car, side of the house, a cardboard box someone left in the driveway) my house mate laughing inside, the rain picking up and growing more intense, the wind

Location and time: May 16th, 12:11pm, outside my house

Sounds heard: many birds chirping, the AC in the living room window running, kids yelling and screaming somewhere far away, the front screen door opening and closing, a birds wings flapping, a very light breeze rustling the leaves of the trees

Date: May 16

Location and Time: 12:03pm, my kitchen

Far Sounds: a birds chirping outside

Medium Sounds: the toaster oven ticking, the keurig boiling water for coffee, some rattling around silverware, the sink running

Close Sounds: my house mates talking and laughing, my house mate typing on their laptop next to me, someone singing

Sound Description/Level: many noises happening at once, pretty loud, the sounds of people getting ready to go to various places for the day

One Word: busy

May 1st 2022

Eve Journal 6 

DATE: 05/01/2022

TIME: 9:02 pm 

LOCATION of the sound environment: John Adams Playhouse dressing rooms

  • Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.

Outside chatting

Laughs, screams of joy,

  • Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. 

Shutting of doors

Dancers walking

The sound of pulling paper towel out

Water running from the sink

Scrolling of the different costumes (where they are hanging)

  • Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant).

Music from the show

Typing on the computer

Hair Dryers

 

  • Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

The level and activity of sound was extremely active, varied, and loud

  • Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

Chaotic

  • Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. 
  • Hair Dryers
  • Screams and people chatting
  • The music coming from the stage

date: 4/29/2022

location: bits and bytes

far sounds: trolly being pushed around in bits transferring items back and forth for food

medium sounds: blender being used 

close sounds: students talking and singing barney theme song and clicking of typing keyboards. air vent making noise and sound of generator near me making a rattling noise.

sound/description: quiet and chill, relaxing but funny too.

one word: relaxing

important sounds: generator running in the back and students singing

Sound of the Day

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Good Morning to All (1893 version)

Music: Schoolhouse Rock, Rocks!

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Read “The Art of Looking with the Ear” in the intro section and chapter 1 of Sound and Music For The Theatre

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