Date, Time, Location: Monday April 2nd, 2012; 2:30PMish, Shakespeare class during in class writing
Farthest Sounds: Birds and breezes outside
Medium Range Sounds: professors laptop, doors opening/closing in hall
Closets Sounds: papers shuffling, pencils writing, me scratching my head
Sound Activity (Amount/Level): Low
Descriptive Word: Intense
Essential Sounds: Papers Shuffling, Pencils Writing, Scratching Head
Sound Observation 9 – Witches Brew Cafe
Georgia Andre
– Date/Time/Location
– 4.1.2012 / 6pm / Long Island / Witches Brew (Cafe)
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.
– The sound of jazzy celtic music in the background, chitter chatter of people talking softly
3- Identify and list the sounds at medium range from you
– People talking, tea cups/mugs being picked up and put down
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you.
– My MOM 🙂 !!!!, tea pouring out of tea kettle, tea sipped/slurped from tea cup, scraping of a spoon against a little tin kettle of honey for the tea, low nom-nom sound of a scone being eaten, my breath as I become more full.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.
– Very low level of sound including people chattering, and very relaxed environment with calming music at the perfect volume
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.
– RELAXED
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.
– The Jazzy/Celtic music situation, Tea drinking, Low chatter
1) 4/3/12 sounds at my best friends house 8pm
2) cars driving by, keys jingling, door opening
3) My best friends mom walking into the house, door slamming shut, dog collar jingling
4) My best friend talking, teen mom on the television, cat purring
5) The sound level is average
6) The environment is calming
7) Three key sounds are my best friend talking, the door clamming and the television
Location: Living Room
Sounds Heard: A stick being poked into a Styrofoam food box repeatedly and at different speeds and rhythms. The TV is also interestingly distorted in the background. At one point, a friend yells “Yahoo!”, and then another says “Hello, Mr. Jackhammer” in response to the annoying noise of the poking stick.
1. 3/31/12 Bar Mitzvah 4:00pm
2. The sounds farthest away from me are people talking across the room and the DJ’s voice over the microphone.
3. The sounds at a medium distance are the music playing out of the speakers and the kids at nearby tables complaining about the food and laughing.
4. The sounds closest to me are silverware hitting plates and my friends saying how good the food is.
5. The sound level is extremely loud and the sound is constant.
6. I would describe this sound environment as “celebratory”.
7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the DJ’s voice on the mic, the music from the speakers, and the sound of people talking and enjoying themselves. Sounds like a successful bar mitzvah celebration!
1. 3:31pm, 4/3/12, Breslin Hall
2. Doors opening and shutting in hallway, some sort of large machinery/vehicle moving heavy things outside.
3. Royston speaking, generator running, the moving of the whiteboard, tearing paper from notebooks, chairs swiveling, students asking questions in the front of the classroom.
4. A cap being screwed back onto a soda bottle, a metal bracelet sliding against the desk, pages turning, a pen being dropped, backpack zipper.
5. The sound level is above moderate and there is a great amount of sound activity.
6. Restless.
7. Royston speaking, the chairs moving sporadically, papers shoveling.
1. April 3rd at 6:20pm during the chocolate Passover Seder
2. The sounds that are furthest away from me are sounds of people talking from the hall.
3. The sounds that are at a medium range from me are a few girls at the end of the table whispering to one another and the sound of someone texting on their phone. From the sound of it, that person was really pressing down hard on those buttons.
4. The sounds that are closest to me are the Rabbi and the students saying one section of the Haggadah (the passover prayer book) in unison.
5. It was very noisy with everyone talking at once and it made me excited for the holidays.
6. joyous
7. The three sounds that are essential to the environment are the students and Rabbi reading in unison, the person texting, and the two girls whispers.
