Vocabulary for Describing Sound

Remember the vocab list I handed out in class? The list came from this great site: www.writtensound.com

The site is an excellent resource because it categorizes the vocabulary by theme. So if you want some ideas for describing sounds of water/liquids, there is an entire list dedicated to that, and many more themes like animal noies.

Dec.7th Activity: Describing Favorite Sound

Describing Sound
12.07.2009

Think about some of your favorite sounds. Choose two and describe each of them below without actually naming the sound or source of the sound. Afterwards, you will share your descriptions and the class will try and guess the sound.


Example:
Carolyn’s favorite sound: Can you guess what it is?¬¬_____________________
- tapping
- boom
- crash
- woosh
- cracking
- trickling


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Vocal Impressions: Famous Voices

If you want to hear more famous people's voices and read examples of listeners descriptions of the voices check out the npr site at the link below.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5617413

They have lots of different recordings and it can be great inspiration for descriptive writings.

Sound with Jim Henson

Here's the video I showed you all in class on Monday. We didn't have the chance to watch the entire film so check it out!

Marlon 01 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/69609763e980598b/

Margaret 02 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6960971955d8e44c/

Margaret 01 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6960968047bc0920/

Fabiola 02 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/69609633830d9803/

Fabiola 01 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/69609517ea21330b/

Cecy 03 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/696094262005762e/

Cecy 02 audio file

 http://www.zshare.net/audio/69609371307a6cb0/

Cecy 01 audio file

http://www.zshare.net/audio/6960925907492db4/

Abby 01 audio file

 http://www.zshare.net/audio/69608983955a65be/

Abient Sound Day for 11/30/2009, Class #1

Ambient sound day

11.30.09

Ms. Marraquin’s phone number (send her your ambient sound recordings by 12.02.09

Websites referenced in class

1. The quiet american

www.quietamerican.org

Specifically- one minute vacations

www.quietamerican.org/vacation.html

2. Soundmarks on Chicago Public Radio (91.5fm)

www.chicagopublicradio.org/Soundmarks_About.aspx

3. favorite Chicago Sounds

www.favoritechicagosounds.com

Sound maps www.favoritechicagosounds.com/soundmaps.php

Ambient Sound Worksheet for 11/30/2009, Class #1

List sounds you hear (ex. bang, swoosh, zap, etc.)

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Pick one of these sounds, write down how you think this sound was created (ex. the bang was from a cup smashing on the floor)

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imagine that if you were standing in the location where this sound occurred, what would it look like?

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Imagine if you were standing in the location where this sound occurred, what would it feel like?

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Imagine if you were standing in the location where this sound occurred, what would it look like?

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Imagine if you were standing in the location where this sound occurred, what would it smell like?

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Imagine if you were standing in the location where this sound occurred, what would it taste like?

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Sound Site Worksheet for 11/30/2009, Class #1

Think about the site of your story

List the noises that pop into your head when you think about that space

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What makes these noises (Ex. you hear a hissing sound, it is from the furnace)

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If you were at your site at 5:00am what noises

would you hear?

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If you were at you site at midnight would the

noises be different or similar?

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How would your experience of this site change if all of a sudden there was not ambient sound? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Make a list of sounds that you think you will hear when you visit your site to record ambient sound

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Site/Sound Reflection Worksheet for 12/2/2009, class #2

Site/Sound Reflection

12/2/2009

Please answer the questions below about your experience recording ambient sound:

Where does your story take place? (What is your site?  Does it have a name, or an address?)

When did you go there?

What did your site look like when you got there?

What kind of noises did you expect to hear?

What noises did you record?

What was the recording like?

When you listen to your partners recording…

What do you see?

Where do you think you are?

What is happening around you?

Any other thoughts or reflections?

google maps

View neighborhooditties in a larger map

as soon as I get the rest of the locations I can map those, too!

Vocalo Radio

Check out Vocalo.org: http://vocalo.org/home

It is radio made by you! They take the material you upload (audio, text, video) and turn it into a broadcast that plays on 89.5 FM in Northwest Indiana and Chicago and streams live on their website.  

Here is are sound mapping projects you might like.

Soundtrack shows you where the sound is happening and where the person recording the sound is moving.

thefreesoundproject are mostly short samples and ambient audio that have been geotagged onto google earth.

There is a website called Soundtransit and I decided to visit Mexico City and hear the sounds. Very nice. You can go anywhere.

If you want to add interesting moods to layer into your sound recordings, you can get free mp3s of atmospheres here at Future Wave Shaper, and many other sites.