Monthly Archives: May 2012

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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

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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.

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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
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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