3/5/12 around 1pm Art History
2. heater, hum of the projector
3. teacher rambling about the Protestant Reformation, general rustling, coughs and sniffles
4. the girl behind me pounding the keys on her laptop, the same girl blowing her nose unrelentless and unnecessarily loud.
5. there is a lot of activity but most are fairly quiet.
6. distracting
7. the loud typing, the obnoxious nose blowing, other distracting bodily noises.
1- 3/6, Noon, Basic stage combat class
– Sit, close eyes and allow the sounds around you to envelope you, listen for all of the sound in your environment.
2- Music from the dance class in Lowe 108. Voices in the hallway.
3- The chatter coming from the group next to me, the clash of their swords. Robert talking to a group across the room, the grunts of people as they are stabbed and die.
4- the crash of my own sword as Kathryn disarms me. The noise Kathryn makes as she stabs me, my own grunting as I am stabbed.
5- Constantly noisy and loud. The crashing of the sword dropping makes me jump as they happen every couple of minutes.
6- Dangerous
7- Robert talking, swords hitting each other, and grunting as people are stabbed.
1- Date/Time/Location
Feb. 2/ 11:45 / 3rd grade classroom
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
kids shouting, kids laughing, an adult telling kids to be quiet
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you.
kids whispering, kids giggling, teacher typing on computer
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
my aunt reading the cat in the hat came back, pages turning
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
low – medium
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
child-like
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
aunt reading the cat in the hat came back, kids whispering, kids giggling
Date, Time, Location: Wednesday Feb 28th, 2012; 12:30AMish, playhouse
Farthest Sounds: air filter system in shop, radial arm saw cutting
Medium Range Sounds: air compressor, Drill
Closets Sounds: fans facing painted scenery, crew conversation, Nail Gun
Sound Activity (Amount/Level): loud
Descriptive Word: Busy
Essential Sounds: Air compressor, Crew Conversation, Nail Gun
1) 3/1/2012 at 930 PM Newbridge Arena Ice Rink
2) Players coming out of the locker rooms, hockey sticks hitting the ground, players talking
3) Fans walking up to sit in the stands, chatter of fans, hockey skates on ice
4) Pucks loudly hitting the walls, my friends next to me talking, sounds of cheering and clapping
5) The sound level is incredibly high. There is so much energy and loud noises from both the players and the fans since its a playoff game.
6) Crazy
7) The puck hitting the wall, fans yelling, buzzer sounding
1) Thursday March 1st, 2012 – 10:40 am – Hempstead Turnpike
2) Furthest away were cars both headed my way and leaving, also a plane flying above.
3) At Medium range are more cars, construction workers and their excavators and bulldozers.
4) Nearest me was a group of girl talking to each other and the rain falling.
5) The general sound was nonstop and quite loud for a morning.
6) Manufactured
7) Cars, the construction machines, and the chatter.
1. 3/1/12 11:05AM The Lounge
2. The phone ringing in the office, someone yelling loudly upstairs, laughing down the hall near 106.
3. Heavy footsteps walking up the stairs, Royston speaking, chattering through the open window of students smoking outside.
4. Everyone speaking very loudly inside of the lounge, music playing, the tossing of a cup into the trashcan, the dropping of a heavy schoolbag.
5. The sound level and activity is extremely high. Everyone is coming into the lounge for the first time today getting ready for class, so everyone has a very high energy.
6. Rowdy.
7. The speaking inside of the lounge, bags dropping, chattering from people outside of the window.
1- 3/1/12 – 11:33 – Quadship Enterprise
2- People talking/yelling outside my building, my neighbor and her friend talking, their music
3- An episode of “It’s a Brad Brad World” playing on my roommate’s computer, her fingers typing
4- The heater, the fridge, my own fingers typing
5- Low to medium sound level
6- Home
7- Heater, People, “It’s a Brad Brad World”
1-2/29 10pm The lounge
2-Music coming from Lowe 108, voices from outside
3- Footsteps in the hallway, keys rattling
4- My music playing on my iphone, the sounds of my yawns
5- The music is playing steadily and the sounds of footsteps punctuate the night.
6- Creepy
7- The music from the dance rehearsal and occasional footsteps.
1. 3/1/12 12:40 pm Breslin classroom
2. The sounds farthest away from me are someone opening the door to leave the classroom and it shutting, someone throwing something out in the garbage, and someone asking my professor a question.
3. The sounds at a medium range from me are someone rummaging through stuff, like a bag or backpack, and the sounds of people talking to each other before our test.
4. The sounds closest to me are chairs squeaking as people move in and out in them and the sounds of pages turning in notebooks and textbooks.
5. The general sound level is moderate and there is a lot of sound activity coming from throughout the classroom.
6. I would describe this sound environment as “anxious”.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the sounds of rustling papers, the chairs squeaking and creaking, and people asking each other about things for the test. Together they make up a classroom full of students trying to fit in last minute studying and getting situated before a test.