Posts Tagged ‘Flag’
March 28th, 2019 | 
Author: Location: Outside Hofstra Hall
Sounds heard: birds chirping, wind blowing, coughing in the background, footsteps, trees rustling, flag waving in the wind, people screaming and laughing in the distance
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1- 3/28/13 – 11:23 A.M. – Chautauqua Guest House: Boulder, CO
2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you. – Furthest from me I can hear a U.S Marine playing Taps from the front porch of the building. He is standing facing inward toward the front of the room and has a mute in his trumpet as he plays. The sound is very pure but it appears that it is coming from a distance much further away than it actually is.
3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you. – At a medium range from me I can hear two more Marines shouting out commands as they presented the Stars and Stripes to my dad. I could clearly hear each command as the taller man said them. Then I could hear the softer sound of the fabric being folded before us to make the iconic triangle shape of the flag when it is presented to us. I could also hear the soft clicking noise the men’s shoes against the creaky old floor as they walked closer to each other as they folded the flag.
4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you (You can include internal sounds if noticed or relevant). – Closest to me I can hear my own heart beating and the internal audio that is associated as I sniffled and cried to myself; saying goodbye to my grandfather for the last time. Next to me I could hear my family doing the same.
5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity. – Every noise around me at this time was muffled and soft. The horn was muted and every sniffle seemed to be held back as everyone witnessed the presentation of the flag.
6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”. – Solemn
7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment. Note: you need to try to 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. – Horn, Sniffling, Fabric of the flag