1- 2/26/13 – 8:08 P.M. – 4th Floor study room in the library
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – The rumble of cars, car acceleration, perhaps wind, and airplanes overhead. 
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – Wind right outside the building, some sort of hum running through the building (perhaps it’s the electric lines? Or maybe the water pipes?), and the hum of the radiator. 
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – People (me and Graham) shifting in chairs, papers and folders sliding around on a table, my keyboard keys clicking, the ticka-tap of a pen writing on a paper on a hard surface, my breathing, Graham’s breathing, Graham’s keyboard keys, the clatter of Graham tossing the pen down, the creak of my bones as I stretch my neck and back. 
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – The sound level is very soft, but it’s often punctuated by surprise sounds that deafen, like Graham throwing the pen down. Usually these sounds wouldn’t startle me, but in this room they do. 
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. –  Focused

 
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try and figure out what sounds make up this environment and which of those sounds need to be there for the feeling of the environment to stay intact. – Pen scratching paper, pen being tossed down, and a combination of the wind and car sounds.