Sounds
A metal nib is dipped in ink and applied to watercolor paper. The letters written form the name "Frederick Douglass."
Sounds of night insects in a bush on a rainy, wet night outside of Randolph Dorm on Duke University’s East Campus. Recorded with iPhone 5s.
Sounds from a nighttime visit to Blandford Cemetery, located at 319 S. Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia. The cemetery is the second largest in the state of Virginia.
Nina Simone's 1971 self titled compilation release being played on vinyl.
This is an example of a 9-8 suspension from an 18th century sinfonia concertante by Franz Danzi. This MIDI recording plays the first three measures of the adagio, which features a 9-8 suspension between the oboe and bassoon part. After this, the recording repeats the suspension passage with only the oboe and bassoon playing. A suspension is a type of dissonance. It begins as a consonant note usually in an upper voice and is sustained through a change of bass note that makes the consonant note... Read More
Sound recording from a nearby table of various background sounds at the Starbucks within the Barnes and Noble bookstore at Georgia Tech. Recorded with the built-in microphone off of an iPhone 7. Sounds such as a cash register, music, and indistinguishable chatter can be heard.
This sound reflects last Friday's hurricane force winds outside my dorm room in Richmond. The blustery winds carried away homework papers, destroyed hairdos , and made it difficult to walk across campus. This sound warned and reminded people of the serious effects of strong winds.
Recording from a subway station in Brooklyn, NYC with background scratching noises.
The oboe is a woodwind instrument. The sound of the oboe is created when the upper and lower blades of the double reed vibrate against each other. This excerpt of Jan Adamus performing movement II of Joseph Reicha's Concerto for Flute on the oboe demonstrates the sweet sound of the oboe in the middle register. The performer accentuates the simplistic and natural beauty of Reicha's phrase through consistent timbral quality, utilizing air support to drive the phrase forward to completion.
Sound recording of Stephanie Chen playing Scheherazade by Rimsky Korsakov on an oboe Recorded on an iPhone 4
Sound recording of Stephanie Chen playing the C major scale on an oboe Recorded on an iPhone 4
Sound recording of ocean waves.