'F' Sounds
Fortepiano is a dynamic marking used to denote an accent or stress in the music by suddenly being loud (forte) and then immediately soft (piano). The marking is written as “fp” directly underneath the note where it occurs. This marking appeared frequently in the eighteenth century as a more flexible system of dynamics was forming. In this example from Paisiello’s overture to Il barbiere di Siviglia, the fortepiano is heard every few seconds from the whole orchestra. This concept should not to... Read More
'Symphony' is a new product in eighteenth Century Europe. It was developed from the overtures (also called 'sinfonia'), which were played at the beginning of operas. The first generation of the symphonies stayed closely to the movement structure of the overtures, which was fast-slow-fast. However, Johann Stamitz (1717-1757), a great composer at the time, tried to add a movement (Minuet and Trio) between the the second and the third movements. This addition of the movement influenced much on the... Read More
18th century symphony (with fugue) which features learned style with very sophisticated contrapuntal techniques and fugal passages.
Birds, vehicles, and bustling trees can all be heard at the intersection of Fowler and Eighth Street. The green space that exists at the intersection across from the Shirley Clements Mewborn Softball and in front of the O'Keefe Custodial Services Building is home to these sounds at approximately 8:15 on a Sunday night.
Birds, vehicles, and bustling trees can all be heard at the intersection of Fowler and Eighth Street. The green space that exists at the intersection across from the Shirley Clements Mewborn Softball and in front of the O'Keefe Custodial Services Building is home to these sounds at approximately 8:15 on a Sunday night.
Pieces of various recordings artistically combined to create a more fully “natural” (focusing on biophonic and geophonic sounds) soundscape with limited human interaction.
Sound recording of Sarah Smith playing the french horn in Crawford Hall, during performance hour, at UNCSA. Sarah is performing Mozart Horn Concerto No. 2, from memory. Recorded on an iPhone 4s.
Sound recording of Joe Provenzano playing Concerto No. 3 in Eb Major by Mozart on a french horn Recorded on an iPhone 4
Sound recording of a student playing an excerpt from the Mozart 3 Concerto in Eb on the French horn. The excerpt is taken from measures 28 through 32 of the Concerto. The song is being played on a Conn 8D East Lake with a Laskey 275G mouthpiece. The recording was made on a Zoom H1 recorder.
Sound recording of Joe Provenzano playing the C major scale on a french horn Recorded on an iPhone 4
Sound recording of frogs chirping inside a water grate in a marshy ditch next to the Proctor Creek Greenway path while an airplane flies over the forest. Hearing the frogs exemplifies the welcoming culture of the PCG in that visitors’ senses are filled with natural sensations instead of those from the city. Recorded with Zoom H6 recorder and Rode NTG2 shotgun condenser.
Sound recording from the front doors of West Village, a space utilized for dining and studying at Georgia Institute of Technology, as students walked in and out of the building on a Monday afternoon. Recorded with an iPhone 7.