Sounds
Recording of footsteps over freshly-fallen snow, wearing winter boots with sturdy-tread soles. The sidewalk, located in the quiet Park Avenue district of Rochester, was covered with "dry" lake effect snow which fell continuously for approximately six hours prior to the walk, resulting in total snowfall of about six inches. This type of snow falls in broad flakes as large as nickels or quarters, leaving a light, fluffy covering on the ground, as opposed to wet, dense accumulation. There was... Read More
Sound recording of footsteps on a staircase. Recorded on an iPhone 5.
Sound recording of a birds and crickets chirping in a forest.
Fortepiano is an early predecessor to the modern grand piano and a successor to the harpsichord. It is a distinctly 18th-century instrument, as it was invented around 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori. Generally, the fortepiano is physically smaller and aurally less brilliant than the modern grand piano. Rather than the thick felt of a modern grand piano, the fortepiano's hammers are covered with leather. In addition, the fortepiano has a damper pedal that can be employed by pressing the knee... Read More
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.
Sound recording of the green space at the intersection of Fowler and Eighth Street across from the Shirley Clements Mewborn Softball Field and in front of the O'Keefe Custodial Services Building on Georgia Tech's campus. Green space includes trees, bushes, grass, and is bordered by a sidewalk alongside the streets. Birds, passing vehicles, and bustling greenery can all be heard. Recorded on an iPhone 8.
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.