The Sound of Music

Music in the Digital Era Music is an art that has existed for thousands of years, and over that vast amount of time, music has evolved. From the Medieval period to the classical, and from the modern to the present era, music has slowly become more and more affiliated with technological industry, including computers and even some smart phones. In today’s style of music, most often the elements and instruments being used are actually not instruments at all, but digital sounds created by a…

within an orchestra. To be able to distinguish the individual sounds and more importantly, the individual superimposed vibrations travelling to the listener, the auditory system, and the architecturally designed environments, have specific methods that allow the listeners ears to hear a reliable impression of what is going on around us, be that musical or simply auditory (Plomp, n.d.). There are factors that can alter the way that sound is heard by the listener in various environments. One main…

It surrounds people and consumes their minds in the car, at home, at work, or school, and in their phones—music today is the constant soundtrack of most people’s lives. American society seems to have made a commitment to the constant use of sonic stimulation, which has even extended to Christian churches. The role of music was not always as prominent in culture and religion practice as it is today; however, the conversation of music’s’ role in life, particularly in Christian religious life, was…

Music. Music is the sound on what the average person's ears and brain will claim is music, even if the sound was not meant to be any type of tune. From who or where that sound was coming from could have been a certain physical object or some sort of tune-making species other than a human being. These tune-making objects are doing so unintentionally, whereas a person can be making a sound with a particular unique instrument, having the intentions to create a tune or a rythem. Examples or…

nondiegetic is used in many ways to add sound to a movie. Diegetic sound is acknowledged by the characters and the characters usually interact with the sound. Nondiegetic is only heard by the audience which lets the audience foreshadow what will happen to the characters. Burton uses nondiegetic in his introduction credits that come before the film to let the audience start to imagine what the film might be about. Burton uses more nondiegetic sounds instead of diegetic music in all of his films.…

Sonic Bodies: Reggae Sound Systems, Performance Techniques, and Ways of Knowing, main idea was to open the reader’s mind to the fact that there are several different forms of sound that can be taken into different contexts. He describes how sound effects not only your auditory system, but the other senses as well. Your body becomes a part of the sound such as you can feel the vibrations within your cells from the music or sound. No matter what you do you cannot escape sound. You can try, but if…

Music is a way for all types of people and cultures to come together. It is a phenomenon that affects many and is there for any situation. Whether one is interested in rock, jazz, classical, or pop, it will always be a source of inspiration and creativity. With more than two thousand musical instruments in the world, the ukulele is one that holds a unique sound and an overall blissful energy. The upbeat and cheerful tone it possesses makes it difficult to not crack a smile upon hearing it. While…

Stress and Anxiety Created by Sound of the Lack of Sound in No Country for Old Men No Country for Old Men’s sound design enhances the theme of hunter vs. hunted by creating anxiety, suspense and many other emotions. Dialog in a move is an important factor for themes. With certain dialog one can tell where a person live, what personality they have and what hobbies they may partake in. In No Country for Old Men two phrases in the first half hour of the movie show you that Anton Chigure and…

structure itself. The acoustics of multiple cathedrals in Italy were designed to enhance the hearing for the type of music that was performed at this time. The Renaissance introduced the use of “polyphony”, which is a multilayered faster type of music. Renaissance…

Small, the definition of musicking is strictly an action or “to take part…whether by performing, by listening, by rehearsing or practicing, by providing material for performance (what is called composing), or by dancing.” To a degree, I agree that “to music” is an act that includes those who work on a performance, whether it being formal or informal, play an important role in the success of musicking. Small includes many rhetorical questions, like “What’s really going on here?” in attempt to…