'M' Sounds
Recording of a scene excerpt from a movie version of the play Hedda Gabler. This excerpt exemplifies the character's frustration with her marriage. Recorded from YouTube.
This is a recording of Mary Whipple, a 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist and 5-time world champion, coxing the women's 8+ crew at the 2003 World Cup in Milan
A recording of Mary Whipple calming her crew before the 2003 World Cup in Milan.
Sound clip of a match being lit.
Room 424 labeled "Mechanical" in the Frederick Douglass Building at the University of Rochester River Campus. Something sounds behind 424's locked doors and remains sounding 24/7.
Sound recording of a small plastic container of 0.7 mechanical pencil lead being rattled in hand. Air conditioning unit may be heard in the background. Recorded on an iPhone 6, using the Spire recording app.
Sound recording of a segment of an interview taken at the Moral March in Raleigh North Carolina regarding Medicaid Expansion.
The sound of myself unscrewing the lid to a medicine bottle filled with tablet pills, after which I remove a pill and then screw the lid back on. The lid is one which requires you to push down and then turn in order to open it.
A melisma is a series of notes set to a single syllable of text.
Serenades are typically calm, light music. In this clip,the solo flute begins a simple sweet phrase, with the solo cello answering back, and functions as a secondary melody. A gentle pizzicato accompaniment pulsing through, the conversation between the solo cello and flute continues until 8 measures later, the cello takes over, as the primary melody, filled with such tenderness and delight, melting into the night.
Piano reduction of an orchestra score and horn.
A melodic sequence occurs when a motive repeats at a higher or lower pitch. Melodic sequences are used primarily for elaboration and expansion of a melody.
This excerpt includes two melodic sequences back-to-back, the first descending in pitch and the second ascending. The excerpt is taken from the Finale of "Mythologische Operette" by Michael Haydn.