Sounds
Instead of flipping through the pages of an open book and reading the text, I stack these solid slabs on top of one another and stand atop them to reach a tall shelf.
The sound of drinking the last sip of liquid through a straw. I was drinking out of a regular-sized paper cup from panda express.
Sound recording of a small stream flowing over a ledge in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
This typical string section of a galant/classical orchestra consists of first and second violins, viola, cello and bass. The string section of the orchestra plays an interlude between episodes of a movement. The first violins and violas play moving line in unison punctuated by second violins, cellos, and basses playing in unison.
A Furman student drinking from a water fountain in a Lakeside Lounge and the resulting cooling mechanisms produced by the fountain.
Recording of the sound of the study room in my dorm, Southgate. Students talking, sound of the doors opening and closing. Sound of the papers and books's pages. Also the sound of the keyboard of laptops.
This is a recording of the soundscape of the study space above the entrance and main lobby of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons. This was recorded at mid-day on a Friday. Sounds of people walking and talking on the floor below can be heard. It was recorded with a Samsung Galaxy S8+.
Sound recording of individuals in a enclosed study room of a building, acting in an academic fashion with pertinence to pages flipping, clicking and tapping of pens, pencils scratching, and textbook movement. Recorded with an IPhone 6s with external microphone DJI Part 44 FM-15 Flexi Microphone.
Subito dynamic changes are a common musical effect, where the music suddenly becomes much softer, or louder. This excerpt was taken from the Sinfonia in Bb major by Domenico Cimarosa. Subito dynamic changes arose in popularity in the eighteenth century due to many factors, including increased orchestra coordination, practice, and public appeal.
Sound recording of human voice using Siri assistant feature on iPhone. In this instance, the user asks Siri what the weather is like. She finds a forecast through Thursday for Durham, NC. The recording took place using a Zoom Recorder placed between the human voice and the iPhone. Siri quickly responds to the users question in an electronic monotone.
A sudden dynamic change occurs in music when the volume drastically changes from soft to loud, or from loud to soft, without any gradation between the two. Eighteenth century composers often employed this effect in their music.
Sound recording of migrant farmers manually harvesting sugarcane (sugar cane) outdoors in Vietnam.