1- Design Studio – 11:50am
2- Cars outside
3- David talking, and other people talking
4- Music playing through headphones
5- The general sound level high and amount of sound activity high
6- Busy
7- Talking, caring passing by, music
Due: 3/30

1- Design Studio – 11:50am
2- Cars outside
3- David talking, and other people talking
4- Music playing through headphones
5- The general sound level high and amount of sound activity high
6- Busy
7- Talking, caring passing by, music
Due: 3/30
1- Walking around campus on Sunday afternoon
2- Cars driving by, plane over head
3- Birds chirping
4- My footsteps, ipod playing in ears
5- The general sound level medium and amount of sound activity low
6- Calm
7- Cars driving by, footsteps, and music playing.
Due: 3/23
1- 4:47am – My dorm room
2- Birds Chirping
3- Hum of fridge
4- Computer Fan, keys clicking on keyboard
5- The general sound level is low and amount of sound activity is low
6- Serene
7- Birds chirping, computer exhaust fan, fridge noises
Due: 2/17
1- Date/Time/Location
May 4/1:00/third grade classroom
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
cars, trucks, a loud car radio
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
teacher typing at the computer
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
kids talking, crinkling papers
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
medium-high
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
educational
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
kids talking, papers rustling, teacher typing at her computer
1. 5/3/12, 11: 25AM, Italian Class
2. Kids playing outside, a truck going by on the street, an airplane flying, birds chirping.
3. A bike bell and a bike, doors in the hallway opening and slamming shut.
4. Kids talking in class, the professor lecturing, a book dropping on the floor.
5. The noise activity and sound level are relatively low. While there are many sounds, they are all spread too far out to make a collectively loud noise.
6. Morning.
7. Kids outside, the professor talking, doors in the hallway.
1. May 3rd at 1:50 pm at the Send Silence Packing Event on the quad
2. The sounds that are the furthest from me are people whisper and people walking.
3. The sounds at a medium range to me are people sniffling and birds chirping.
4. The sounds closest to me are two people talking to each other about the event and another person asking if I wanted a flier.
5. It is pretty peaceful at this event because it is her to commemorate the 1,100 students that commit suicide on college campuses every year. So people were respectful at kept the noise level at a minimum
6. Peaceful
7. The birds chirping, the person asking if I wanted a flier, and the sound of people sniffling
Sound Observation – Bar Social 10pm
Georgia Andre
– Date/Time/Location
– 5/3/2012/ 10pm /Bar Social (across the turnpike from Hofstra)
2- Describe sound far away
People talking around the bar, loud music
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you
– People talking around my table, loud music
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– Me chewing thai calimari, the sound of chopsticks falling/clinking/rubbing together in the process of eating the calimari, the sound of my glass placed on the table, my friend talking to me, and the loud music playing Gotye “somebody that I used to know ” (which really makes me feel depressed about my breakup).
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
-Its a smaller room but I’m sitting in the less crowded eating area… still a loud busy sound level with a combo of talking and music and glasses.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– BUZZ
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
– Glasses, Loud Music, Talking
1. Phoenix house Chinese restaurant 5/2/12 8:30 pm
2. The sounds farthest away from me are food sizzling in a pan and a person chopping food.
3. The sounds at a medium range are the cash register opening and people ordering food and talking about the menu.
4. The sounds closest to me are the children of the owners speaking Chinese and running around.
5. The general sound level is loud.
6. I would describe the sound environment as “energetic”.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the food cooking, people ordering food, and the people talking in Chinese. The restaurant is like its own little world.
Date: May 3, 2012
Time: 2:00 am
Location: Undergrad Cabaret, Spiegel Theater
Farthest Noises: The doors opening and closing, thunder, rain
Medium Noises: Bionca crying, people laughing, people wispering
Closes Noises: Chris talking on stage
General sound: A contained roar
Envionrment: Drunk and emotional
3 Noises: Chris talking, Bionca crying, people wispering
Date: April 26, 2012
Time: 4:45pm
Location: Hallway of the music department in the NAB
Farthest Noises: A copy machine, a phone ringing, people talking
Medium Noises: Piano, someone singing, people laughing
Closes Noises: My sheet music shuffling, my breathing
General Sounds: Quiet
Environment: Busy
3 Noises: Piano, someone singing, the copy machine