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THE SOUND OF CULTURE IS A CULTURAL DISCOURSE Volume1

William Anderson Gittens Author, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Cinematographer, Cultural Practitioner, Publisher


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Normative

Statement

The human influence combined with

the

pervasiveness

of

Cultural1 determinism2 creates The Sound of Culture.

1 Cultural determinism is the belief that the culture in which we are raised determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels. It contrasts with genetic determinism, the theory that biologically inherited traits and the environmental influences that affect those traits dominate who we are. Yet another way of looking at the concept of cultural determinism is to contrast it with the idea of environmental determinism. The latter is the idea that the physical world- with all its constraints and potentially life-altering elements-is responsible for the make-up of each existing culture. Contrast this with the idea that we (humans) create our own situations through the power of thought, socialization, and all forms of information circulation. It is also used to describe the concept that culture determines economic and political arrangements. It is an idea which has recurred in many cultures over human history, from ancient civilizations through the present. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_determinism

2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Cronon 1995

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The Sound of Culture can be

construed cliché,

as

even

a

a

theoretical

nuance

occupying

cyberculture and adding value to the

cultural global space. The

Sound

of

Culture

is

a

unique fingerprint;3 amalgamation of

visual,

auditory,

and

functional components that allows people see, hear, touch, or talk

3 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/organisations/department-of-media-musiccommunication-and-cultural-studies

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to

as

they

computers

interact

(digital

with

devices) 4in

this post-globalization5 space. This

Theoretical

Cliché

behaves somewhat like sound. As

you

are

aware

sound

contains so many different waves and vibrations.6

4 https://www.igi-global.com/ 5 https://sonicfield.org/2018/04/defining-tradition-sound-culture-questioningimportance-authenticity/

6 https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/sound

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Each vibration with their own

varying specificity; presumably metaphorically and philosophically

making

delicate

the

skin

of

the

eardrums

vibrate; what

is

equally

important

there cannot be no music without dance; likewise

there

without culture.

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is

no

sound


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At the mentioned of The Sound of

Culture

presumably

evoke

memories in the minds of global citizens’ just like The Sound of Music.

In

context

The

Sound

of

Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by

Robert

Julie

Wise,

Andrews

and

and

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starring

Christopher


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Plummer,

with

Richard

Haydn

and

Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the

1959

same

name,

Rodgers

stage

musical

composed

with

lyrics

by

of

the

Richard

by

Oscar

Hammerstein II7. As a student of film I have noticed that in this film just as there

is

Diegetic

7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki The_Sound_of_Music_(film)

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vs.

Non-


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Diegetic Sound

8

in The Sound of

Music likewise metaphorically in The Sound of Culture which is a cultural discourse

Diegetic

sound

is

any

sound

that the character or characters on screen can hear.

A case in

point the sound of one character talking

to

another

diegetic. 8 https://collegefilmandmediastudies.com/film-sound-and-music

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would

be


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Non-diegetic

sound

is

any

sound that the audience can hear but

the

cannot.

characters Any

background

on

screen

appearance

music

is

a

of

prime

example of non-diegetic sound. This clip from Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead simultaneously depicts

both

diegetic

diegetic sound.

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and

non-


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The

aforementioned

diegetic

and

and

is

how

are so many

explains

non-diegetic applied

since

sound there

ways to use sound

even metaphorically. For

example,

you

can

use

sound to help show where and when the film is set, draw attention to

important

things,

create

an

atmosphere or set a mood, depict

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a character, warn that something is about to happen. Consequently since The Sound of

Music

The

is

Sound

a

film

conversely

of

Culture

is

a

Music

is

Cultural Discourse. Just

as

The

Sound

characterized combination moving

of

story,

of

as a

the

rare

powerful

and

first

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rate

music,


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and

breathtaking

scenery

of

Sound

of

Salzburg9 Likewise, Culture

is

The

characterized

cultural

discourse

value

the

to

that

cultural

as

a

adds space

because it is a way of life which is performed on the world stage by global citizens. These are

theoretical

fusions

of

two

9 https://www.sound-of-music.com/

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clichés, constructs


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sound

and

together

culture

they

are

intertwined inseparable

just as there is no music without dance likewise there is no sound without culture. In this context The Culture

behaves

like

Sound of a

double

entendre. It is a figure of speech because of

the

particular

way

it

is

verbalized since is devised to be

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understood in two ways, having a double meaning.

The Sound of Culture is given in

context,

whereas

culture

may

require more thought.10 Since this cliche is applied in this text to exploit puns; Therefore second

meaning

conveying and

the

different

10 "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online". Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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interpretations primary

of

meaning

the

same

exploiting

ambiguity used in this context is introduce

deliberately

as

a

homophone. It is used interchangeably as a Double entendres11 because it is a

cultural

discourse

providing

some insight into any queries. The clichéd phrase The Sound of

Culture

behaves

11 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre

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like

Sound


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since

is

always

everlasting;

changing;

it’s

hearing

people,

captured

via

It’s

nonstop

For

information

is

the

ear,

through

sound according to Christine Sun Kim12 Many things are dependent on sound,

like

Siri

on

the

phone,

voice commands that is why Music and

sound

are

culturally

dominant. 12 https://fellowsblog.ted.com/?source=post_page---

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Music

and

sound

are

culturally dominant and therefore the

scope,

the

depth,

originality

of

this

and

the

theoretical

analysis of The Sound of Culture reveals

that

it

is

a

continuum

contributing significantly to the understanding

of

the

interpretation

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cultural

and

the


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appropriation

of

The

Sound

of

Culture. The Sound of Culture13 does not make people but People make The Sound of Culture.

William Anderson Gittens Author, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Cinematographer, Cultural The Sound of

Practitioner, Publisher

Culture is A Cultural Discourse

Vol.1ISBN 978-976-96342-7-5

13 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/culture Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Copyright The

Sound

of

Culture

Is

A

Cultural Discourse Volume1 William Anderson Gittens Author,

Dip.,

Com.,

Arts.

Media

Arts

Specialists’

Cinematographer,

B.A.

Cultural

Practitioner, Publisher First Edition © 2019 All rights reserved.

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in

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or

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electronic,

mechanical,

photocopying,

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otherwise,

without

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or

prior

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Anderson

copyright owner.

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Design,

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by

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account

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Gittens

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address

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Recognitions

Special thanks to the Creator for his guidance and choosing me as a conduit

to

express

the

creative

gifts he has given me and my late parents Charles and Ira Gittens. Thanks to those who assisted me along

this

journey

namely

my

Beloved wife Magnola Gittens, my Brothers-

Shurland,

Charles,

Ricardo,

Arnott,

Stephen,

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Sisters-

Emerald,

Marcella,

Cheryl, Cousins-Joy Mayers, Kevin and Ernest Mayers, Donna Archer, Avis Dyer, Jackie Clarke, UnclesClifford,

Leonard

Bruce,

Collin

Laron

and

Mayers,

Rock.

Lisa.

My

David

children

Well-wishers-

Mr.and Mrs. Andrew Platizky, Mr. Matthew Sutton, Mr.& Mrs. Gordon Alleyne, Mr. Juan Arroyo, Mr. and Mrs.

David

Lavine,

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Mrs.

Ellen


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Gordon, late

Dr.Nicholas

Dr.Joseph

Mayers,

Mr.

Rev.

Shoemaker,

Ms.

Rev.Carl Mrs.

and

Gloria

Harewood,

Drew,

and

Millington,

Gordon,

Merline

Mrs.

Trevor

Mrs.

Donavon

Geraldine

Davis,

&

Rev

Angie

Rock,

Mr.

the

and

Dixon,

Rev.Pauline Mrs.

Stewart

Russell, Mrs. Shirley Smith, Mr. and Mrs.

Mrs.

Felton

David

Ince,

Brathwaite,

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Mr.

and

Mr.and


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Mrs.

Ryan

Neilo

Miller

Mascoll,

Mr.and

Mr.

and

Mrs.

Mrs.

Robert Quintyne

Special mentioned is given to Dr. Joseph Drew was my advisor, mentor,

and

teacher

during

my

academic tenure as a Media Arts Major

at

College

Jersey

now

New

City

State

Jersey

City

University (NJCU).

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The

focus

of

our

parting

conversation was about me honing my

writing

graduated

skills

after

I

had

and

returned

to

Barbados. Between the period 1995 to 2016, I have discovered that the

more

leisure seemed

that

I

pursuit to

be

practice

this

profession

infectious

other elements.

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The being

other

elements

passionate

and

combined

together

Creator’s

help,

productive that

I

writer

have

to

now

such

as

prolific with

the

made

me

a

the

extent

published

108books. In light of the aforesaid, I have decided th

to

dedicate

publication

“A

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my

66

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Culture” Vol 1 in memory of Dr. Joseph Drew . All of the above contributed to my

academic

developmental

journey. William Anderson Gittens Author,

Dip.,

Com.,

Cinematographer, Cultural

Arts.

B.A.

Media

Arts

Practitioner, Publisher

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Normative Statement

2

Copyright

19

Recognitions

24

Table of Contents

31

Foreword

34

Overview

39

Culture Defined

57

History

66

Abstract

103

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Chapter 1 Brief History of Sound in Movies

119

Chapter 2 Sound Like

148

Chapter

3

How

Sound

Affect

The

Taste Of Our Food

178

Chapter 4 Music Sound

196

Chapter 5 Sound Change Refers To Diachronic Changes

294

Chapter 6 Cultural Change

312

Chapter 7 Cultural Story

321

Chapter 8 Films

326

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Chapter 9 Exploiting Puns Chapter

10

Personal

347

Reflections 357

Chapter 11 Conclusion Reflections 360 Chapter 12 Conclusion

377

Works Cited

396

About The Author

411

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Foreword

Sound

Culture14

is

a

music

festival, initiated by a group of artists

and

arts

organizers

in

Sydney. Its goal is to advocate and develop

culture

of

sound

art

emphasizing the varied and unique qualities taking

of

place

sonic

activity

the

pan-Pacific

in

geographical zone. 14 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundCulture

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Major festivals were held in Sydney (1991), Tokyo (1993), San Francisco

(1996),

(1999),

Perth

the

and

theme

Impossible

Auckland

(2004).

Invisible Objects,

Under

Cities/

the

first

SoundCulture festival was held in Sydney in October, 1991.

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SoundCulture15 activities grew

out

of

the

substantial

complex

history

of

sound

sculpture,

and

experimental

installation,

performance and radio arts.

They

also

developments and

work in

emergent

with

sonic

practice

technologies.

SoundCulture

also

proactive

in

role

current

15 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoundCulture

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takes

a

developing

a


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critical

discourse

in

the

sonic

arts in conferences, seminars and publications. Local focus

on

SoundCulture the

groups

development

of

a

sound culture in their region. They

also

integrate

activity

at

level

networking

by

an

their

international

SoundCulture groups.16

16 SoundCulture Archived 2008-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

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with

other


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The

continuity

SoundCulture been

events

maintained

International which

has

is

Steering

made

up

of

to

date

by

an

Committee

of

artists,

critics, and curators. This group is

now

developing

towards

a

networked structure. William Anderson Gittens Author,

Dip.,

Com.,

Cinematographer, Cultural

Arts.

B.A.

Media

Arts

Practitioner, Publisher

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Overview

Expressing

one

c u l t u r e 17

and

change

hard.

is

self

about

organizational Organizational

dynamics are covert and seemingly invisible.

One

help

clients

truth

our and

figurative

tool 18 we

unlock

use

to

uncover

the

change

is

language,

such

as

metaphors, analogies and similes.

17 https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/hailey-brewer-and-mollie-west-duffy 18 https://www.entrepreneur.com/

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The

Sound

cultural that

of

Culture

contemporary

analyses

cultures

in

traditions living

in

sound

is

a

discourse culture

or

general,

their

and

heritage

while

the

age

post-

of

globalization19 is also difficult too.

19 https://sonicfield.org/2018/04/defining-tradition-sound-culture-questioningimportance-authenticity/Maria Papadomanolaki

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The fact that every culture has

in one way or the other adopted different

aspects

of

cultures,

and

slightly

by

other

transforming them, made them part of

their

own

heritage

is

very

interesting. It

is

reported

by

Maria

Papadomanolaki that Japan20 is one of the best examples for such a

20 https://sonicfield.org/2018/04/defining-tradition-sound-culture-questioningimportance-authenticity/Maria Papadomanolaki

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phenomenon,

since

this

country

already has ages worth of history of

adopting

cultural

elements

from

other

Asian

countries

and

the

west,

transforming

foreign

ideas

and

making

them

part

of

their

own

unique

heritage.

For

example

The

Sound

of

Culture

which is a cultural discourse

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The

Sound

cliché,

a

even

a

of

Culture

theoretical nuance

is

a

construct

occupying

cyberculture adding value to the cultural global space. The sound of culture creates a unique

f i n g e r p r i n t 21

and

the

amalgamation of visual, auditory, and

functional

allows

people

components to

see,

that hear,

21 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/organisations/department-of-media-musiccommunication-and-cultural-studies

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touch,

or

talk

to

as

they

interact with computers (digital d e v i c e s ) 22 i n

this

post-

globalization23 space. This theoretical cliché behaves somewhat

like

sound

because

it

contains so many different waves and vibrations24, each with their own

varying

specificity

which

22 https://www.igi-global.com/ 23 https://sonicfield.org/2018/04/defining-tradition-sound-culture-questioningimportance-authenticity/

24 https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/sound

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make

the

delicate

skin

of

the

eardrums vibrate there cannot be no

music

dance

likewise

no

sound

without

thinking

about

The

there

without

is

culture.

Just of

Culture

presumably

Sound

evokes

memories in the minds of global citizens’ just like The Sound of Music.

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The Sound of Music is a 1965

American produced

musical and

drama

directed

by

film Robert

Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and

Christopher

Plummer,

with

Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker. The

film

is

the

1959

same

name,

Rodgers

an

stage

adaptation

musical

composed

with

lyrics

Hammerstein II25.

by by

of

of the

Richard Oscar

As a student of

25 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki The_Sound_of_Music_(film)

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film I have noticed that in this film

just

as

there

is

vs. Non-Diegetic Sound Sound

of

Music

Sound

of

Culture

Diegetic 26

likewise

in The in

The

which

is

a

is

sound

cultural discourse

Diegetic

sound

any

that the character or characters on screen can hear.

A case in

point the sound of one character 26 https://collegefilmandmediastudies.com/film-sound-and-music

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talking

to

another

would

be

diegetic. Non-diegetic

sound

is

any

sound that the audience can hear but

the

cannot.

characters Any

on

screen

appearance

background

music

a

prime

example

non-diegetic

sound.

The

of

extract

from

is

of

Edgar

Wright’s

Shaun of the Dead simultaneously

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depicts

both

diegetic

and

non-

diegetic sound. The

aforementioned

diegetic

and

and

is

how

are so many

explains

non-diegetic applied

since

sound there

ways to use sound

especially metaphorically. In this setting The Sound of Culture behaves like sound since song is use to help show where and when culture is staged, draw

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attention

to

important

create

an

atmosphere

mood,

depict

a

or

things, set

character,

a

warn

that something is about to happen likewise the Sound of Culture. Consequently since The Sound of

Music

Sound

of

is

a

film

Culture

is

while

The

a

of

way

life. It is the rare combination of a powerful and moving story, first

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rate

music,

and

breathtaking

scenery of Salzburg27 the same can be said about The Sound of Culture it is a lived experienced and a cultural discourse performed on the world stage by global citizens. This theoretical cliché, is a fusion

of

two

constructs

sound

and culture intertwined together they

are

inseparable

27 https://www.sound-of-music.com/

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as


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there is no music without dance likewise

there

is

no

sound

without culture. The

Sound

of

Culture

also

behaves like a double entendre (/ ɒ ̃ ˈtɒ ̃ d(rə)/

it

is

a

figure

of

speech because of the particular way it is worded since is devised to

be

understood

in

two

having a double meaning.

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ways,


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The Sound of Culture is given

in

context,

whereas

culture

may

require more thought28 since this cliche

is

exploiting

applied puns

in

hence

this

text

conveying

the second meaning and different interpretations

of

the

same

primary

meaning

exploiting

ambiguity

used

this

in

context

28 "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online". Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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which

is

introduce

deliberately

as a homophone. It is used interchangeably as a Double entendres29 because it is a cultural discourse which provides some insight into any queries. The clichéd phrase The Sound of Culture like

metaphorically

Sound

since

is

behaves always

changing; It’s everlasting; it’s nonstop

For

hearing

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people,


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information ear,

is

through

captured

sound

via

the

according

to

Christine Sun Kim30Many things are dependent on sound, like Siri on the phone, voice commands that is why

Music

and

sound

are

sound

are

culturally dominant. Music

and

culturally dominant and therefore the

scope,

the

depth,

originality

of

this

30 https://fellowsblog.ted.com/?source=post_page---

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the

theoretical


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analysis of The Sound of Culture contributed significantly to the understanding

of

the

interpretation appropriation

of

Culture.

Sound

The

cultural

and

The

the

Sound

of

of

Culture31

does not make people but People make The Sound of Culture. William Anderson Gittens Author,

Dip.,

Com.,

Cinematographer, Cultural

Arts.

B.A.

Media

Arts

Practitioner, Publisher

31 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/culture Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Culture Defined Clifford present)

is

Geertz

best

(1926-

known

for

his

ethnographic studies of Javanese culture

(Java

is

an

Indonesian

island south of Borneo) and for his

writings

about

the

interpretation of culture.

The of

most

Geertz's

influential work

has

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aspect

been

his


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emphasis on the importance of the symbolic -- of systems of meaning --

as

it

relates

to

culture,

cultural change, and the study of culture; notice this emphasis as you

read

the

summaries

and

Geertz

both

excerpts below. Bodley

and

can

compared here with Matthew Arnold for for perspective on the great transition which has taken place

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regarding

the

concept

"culture"

in Western thought over the past century; Raymond

Williams's

perspective might be taken as a middle ground in this transition. In

attempting

to

lay

out

the

various meanings attached to the word "culture," Clifford

Geertz

refers

important

anthropological

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to

the

work,


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Clyde Kluckhohn's Mirror for Man, in

which

the

following

are

suggested:"the

meanings

total

way

of

life of a people” "the social legacy the individual acquires from his group""a way of thinking,

feeling,

and

believing""an

abstraction

from

behavior"a theory on the part of the anthropologist about the way

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in

which

a

group

of

people

in

fact behave a "storehouse of pooled learning” "a

set

of

orientations

standardized to

recurrent

problems” "learned behavior”a mechanism for the

normative

regulation

behaviour

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"a

set

of

adjusting

techniques

both

to

the

for

external

environment and to other men” "The

concept

espouse.

.

.

of is

culture

I

essentially

a

semiotic one. Believing,

with

Max

Weber,

man

is

an

animal

webs

of

significance

that

suspended he

in

himself

has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of

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it

to

be

therefore

not

an

experimental science in search of law but an interpretative one in search

of

explication

meaning. I

am

after.

It .

is .

.

(pp. 4-5)" Geertz of

an

compares

the

anthropologist

culture

to

those

of

methods

analyzing a

literary

critic analyzing a text: "sorting out

the

structures

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signification. determining and

their

import.

ethnography

.

and

social

ground

.

Doing

.

is

.

like

.

trying

to

read (in the sense of 'construct a

reading

of')

a

manuscript. . . ." Once

human

behavior

is

seen

as . . . symbolic action--action which, like phonation in speech, pigment

in

painting,

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line

in


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writing,

or

sonance

signifies--the whether

in

question

culture

is

music, as

to

patterned

conduct or a frame of mind, or even

the

two

somehow

mixed

together, loses sense. The thing to ask [of actions] is what their import is" (pp. 9-10).

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Historical Development Cultural

practice32

generally

refers to the manifestation of a culture especially

or

sub-culture,

in

traditional

regard and

to

the

customary

practices of a particular ethnic or other cultural group.

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In

term

the

can

broadest

sense,

apply

any

manifesting

any

to

aspect

this

person of

any

culture at any time. However, in practical to

the

usage

it

often

traditional

refers

practices

developed within specific ethnic cultures,

especially

those

aspects of culture that have been practiced since ancient times.

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The

term

importance

due

controversy

is

gaining

to

the

over

cultural

practice",

protected

in

for

in

increased

"rights

of

which

are

many

jurisdictions

indigenous

p e o p l e s 33 a n d

sometimes ethnic minorities.

It is also a major component of the field of cultural studies, and

is

a

primary

33 "Cultural Practices in Conflict with Canadian Law". nizkor.org.

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focus

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international

works

such

as

the

United Nations declaration of the rights of indigenous Peoples.34 Cultural subject

practice

of

is

also

discussion

a in

questions of cultural survival.35 If

an

ethnic

group

retains

its

formal ethnic identity but loses its

core

cultural

the

knowledge,

practices

or

resources,

or

34 "United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-11.

35 "oneFish Community Knowledge Directory". www.onefish.org. 27 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27

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ability

to

continue

them,

questions arise as to whether the culture

is

able

to

actually

survive at all.

The

evolution

of

cultures

traditional

subject legal,

of

much

scholarly,

is

a

discussion

in

and

community

forums.36

36 "Earthdance: Chapter 20 - The Indigenous Way". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

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It is generally accepted that

all cultures are to some degree in

a

continual

state

of

sociocultural evolution. However, major

questions

legitimacy cultural when

of

surround newly

expressions,

these

are

the

evolved especially

influenced

by

modernization or by the influence of other cultures. Also, there is significant

debate

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the

source

of

evolution:

for

example, an indigenous community may

accept

the

use

of

store-

bought materials in the creation of

traditional

arts,

but

may

reject requirements to apply for a

permit

for

certain

gathering

purposes; the central difference being

that

cultural

one

is

evolution,

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internal

while

the


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other the

is

externally

society

or

legal

driven37 body

by

that

surrounds the culture. International bodies such as the

United

Forum

on

Nations

Permanent

Indigenous

Issues

continually work on these issues, which

are

forefront

increasingly of

at

the

globalization

questions.38 37 "Earthdance: Chapter 20 - The Indigenous Way". Archived from the original on 2007-09-05. Retrieved 2007-09-08.

38 Robertson, Roland (1 January 2003). Roland Robertson; Kathleen E. White (eds.). Globalization: Culture and identity. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415236911 – via Google Books.

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Under

the

theme

Cities/Impossible

Invisible

Objects,

the

first SoundCulture39 festival was held in Sydney in October, 1991. Composed

of

performances,

exhibitions, site-specific

public art works, radio projects, and

symposia,

featured

sixty

the

festival

representatives

from Japan, New Zealand, and the United

States.

Events

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included


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installations

by

Paul

DeMarinis

(USA), Minoru Sato (Japan) Nigel Helyer by

(Australia),

Anna

Sabiel

performances

(Australia),

Rodney Berry (Australia), a sonic taxi ride through Sydney, and a piece

for

ship

horns

in

Sydney

Harbor.

The

second

SoundCulture

Japan

festival, '93,

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held

in


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Tokyo

in

November,

took

place

at

1993.

Events

several

sites

including Theatre X, Kiryu Yurinkan,

the

Kawasaki

City

Museum,

Art Forum Yanaka, and the Tokyo Bunka Kakikan. It included works by

Mamoru

Douglas

Kahn

Fujieda and

Frances

Dyson

Chris

Mann

(USA/Australia), (Australia),

(Japan),

Nigel

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(Australia) Phil Dadson (NZ), and Mineko Grimmer (Japan/USA).

SoundCulture

96

was

held

in

April, 1996 in the San Francisco Bay area. Altogether the festival involved

32

arts

organizations

presenting

events

comprising

17

exhibitions,

10

panels,

55

performances

and

and

other events.

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33

sites


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The

festival

featured

the

work of 228 artists from around the Pacific Region. SoundCulture 96 was easily the largest sound art

festival

ever

held

in

the

United States.

The

festival

representation differing practice:

of

a

areas

sound

included number of

sound

sculpture

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of

and


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installation,

radio

telephonic

performance,

works,

and

acoustic ecology, noise, cultural theory

in

relation

to

sound,

appropriation, high- and low-tech activities,

educational

events

for

homemade

sound

kids,

instruments,

sound

works

for

public space, and sound for film. Read a review here 40

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SoundCulture

March,

1999

in

99,

held

in

Auckland,

New

Zealand,

expanded

on

territory

covered

previous

in

the

events by including the work of Maori,

Samoan,

and

Indonesian

artists. It

was

curated

to

emphasize

the culture in SoundCulture - the distinct

sound

practices

and

traditions,

environments

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feed

into

practice

contemporary

and

in

sound

doing

so

showcased the work of a number of artists

from

New

Zealand

and

beyond.

SoundCulture

(in

conjunction

with Tura New Music) curated the Sonic the

Differences

Biennale

Perth

in

of

component

Electronic

2004

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of

Arts the


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SoundCulture

AudioLab

at

the

Bundanon Trust 2008.

The organisation has recently re-modelled, nodal

and

model,

now

embraces

allowing

a

smaller

regional groups to form a network of SoundCulture groups.41

How

music

caused

the

rise

and

fall

of

great

cultures

in

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antiquity—from

ancient

India

to

the Roman Empire. If

there

were

ever

anything

like a magic potion that could be poured into man to bring him to a higher

plane,

then

this

magic

potion would be made of sounds. Sound

can

make

glass

shatter,

drive men insane and bring Heaven closer to Earth.

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In

this

age,

where

we

are

awash in music, where music has become amusement available at the touch

of

a

button,

we

have

forgotten the creative force that is inherent in sound—that entire cultures wrong

were

usage

destroyed of

by

the

quarter-

and

third-tones42 and that our present culture threatens to choke on the materiality of the half-tone. 42 "Cultural Practices in Conflict with Canadian Law". nizkor.org.

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Krishna plays the sound vibration Om on his flute43.

Whoever hears this sound will acquire complete Vedic knowledge. The

music

of

ancient

India

was

the basis of this culture’s high spiritual knowledge.

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of

inspiration

were

lifted

and

one of the master beings working for

the

development

of

mankind

through

music

communicated

through

his

disciple,

Nelsa

Chaplin,

what

momentum

great,

truly inspired composers such as Bach,

Beethoven,

Wagner,

or

Straus should bring to Earth and how

music

influences

cultures.

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2 The name of this Mahatma is Koot Hoomi Lal Singh, or—as we’re used to seeing in the West—Master Kuthumi.

The

Greek

philosopher

Plato

wrote that a musical education is a

more

influential

instrument

than any other, since rhythm and harmony

find

their

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inner

places

of

the

soul,

take

them powerfully in control, lend them grace—and cause the soul of he

who

is

properly

educated

to

become lovely.

The importance Plato ascribed to the effects of music can be seen

in

the

following

statement

from his work The Republic: “For the introduction of a new kind of

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music

must

imperilling

be

the

shunned

whole

as

state;

since styles of music are never disturbed most

without

affecting

important

the

political

institutions.” Aristotle

also

agreed:

“…

Emotions of any kind are produced by

melody

and

rhythm;

therefore

by music a man becomes accustomed to

feeling

the

right

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music has thus the power to form character,

and

various

kinds

of

music44Monday, July 22, 19 based on

the

various

modes

may

be

distinguished by their effects on character—one,

for

working

direction

of

another

of

in

the

melancholy, effeminacy, abandonment,

one

example,

encouraging

another

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control, another enthusiasm, and so on through the series.” Different

instruments

also

have different effects: drums and brass

instruments,

primarily body, flute,

affect

reed

for

example,

the

physical

instruments

clarinet,

feelings,

string

(e.g.

etc.)

the

instruments

(e.g. violins, guitars, etc.) the mental-emotional,

and

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organ

the

spiritual-emotional

level in man. So music influences our feelings and—as, for example, in

the

case

of

Bach—also

our

thoughts.

And already is

also

what

every

person

individually true

for

has

experienced the

masses:

music can either lead peoples and civilizations

to

new

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drag them down into the vortex of collapse.

Tones

create

patterns

that

ether,

which

vibrational

move

through

the

then

group

together

affect

themselves

and

receptive

soul-bodies—and

since the beginning of time.

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It’s true that music used to

be a more exclusive subject than in today’s high-tech world—that a Handel or Chopin didn’t find his way to the masses as quickly as Guns’n’Roses Stones

do

or

the

today.

Rolling

But

those

circles responsible for the fates of entire peoples—kings, princes, popes—certainly

did

have

access

to the compositions of the time

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through and

their

folk

influenced

court

music the

musicians,

certainly

souls

of

the

these

people

“common” people.

And

wherever

didn’t travel very much—in China, for

example—this

manifested

inflexibility

itself

as

attachment to old traditions.

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But

where

and

whenever

the

fanfare of a new kind of music resounded, it was followed by an improvement

in

ethics,

wherever

and

politics a

and

music

began to decline, it carried its culture and civilization with it into the chasm. So where are we today?

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Ancient

India:

Transfiguration

Through

the

Quarter-Tone When

the

mankind) fifth

Manu

(the

formed

the

so-called

(to

which

we

belong)

in

root

race

European-descended India

to

counteract

leader

the

of

black

magic that pulled the Atlanteans of

the

fourth

root

race

into

ruin, he forbade the playing of

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the

old

Atlantean

music,

the

effects of which had proven to be devastating, and he introduced a new scale and the science of the mantras so that the new sub-races could

learn

to

become

receptive

to higher vibrations.

Indian mantras

priests

on

centuries;

over

passed the

Indian

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exclusively

associated

with

religious traditions and was only intoned at certain times of day.

Music

in

ancient

India

was

not developed as an art form in itself,

but

spiritual

as

a

means

perfection

meditative contemplation.

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Of course, this kind of music

influenced

the

creation

of

the

sublime ancient Indian writings. The

powerful

spirituality

called forth by the quarter-tone was so subtle that it exerted a sublimating power on the mind and helped

the

Indians

to

acquire

sublime, spiritual knowledge. The people certainly tried to give expression to their feelings

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in song, but the means available were extremely limited.

Ultimately,

the

sublime

spirituality of Indian music led to

the

Indian

people

neglecting

certain qualities that are needed for daily life—the Indians as a race

became

one-sided,

passive,

languorous, pensive, and too much occupied

with

spiritual

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So

out

of

spiritual

transfiguration there grew in the Indian

people

a

kind

of

incompetency for life—a fate they might had

have

been

allowed

and

spared

if

they

encouraged

new

forms of musical expression.45 William Anderson Gittens Author,

Dip.,

Cinematographer

Com.,

Arts.

B.A.

Media

Arts

Cultural Practitioner, Publisher

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Abstract Sound46

is

a

caused

when

making

particles

pressure

something bump

wave

vibrates, into

each

vibrate

back

other and then apart. The

particles

and forth in the direction that the wave travels but do not get carried along with the wave.

46 https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/

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When

you

clap

your

hands 47,

you force air particles together and

then

ripples

apart.

out

and

This

away

effect

from

your

hands as a small group of sound waves.

The hands

particles are

pushed

close

to

your

outwards

and

bump into neighbouring particles, 47 https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/

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and these then move and bump into more particles.

The effect is very much like dropping a stone into a pool of water

and

causing

pattern

(sound

waves)

a

ripple extending

outwards from the original source (your clapping hands). Similar

to

water

ripples,

pressure waves move outwards from

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the

sound

source.

in

particle

These

spacing

changes

are

also

increases

when

changes in pressure. Pressure particles

are

squeezed

together

and reduces when they move apart. It is these changes in pressure that

can

be

detected

such

as

the

human

sensed as sound.

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ear

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We

we

describe

hear

terms

using and

the

sounds

several

measure

that

different them

in

different ways. Volume Volume (also called loudness) relates

to

the

maximum

produced

as

particles

squeezed

together

as

they

are

made

vibrate.

This

is

also

to

related

to

the

maximum

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particles

are

moved

from

their

normal position as they vibrate, much

like

how

tall

the

ripples

are in the pool mentioned before. When you show sound waves on a

graph,

height

of

the

amplitude

the

waves

is

from

the

their

middle position and reflects how loud the waves are.

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Loudness of sound is measured

in

decibels

(dB).

This

is

actually a measure of intensity, which relates to how much energy the

pressure

wave

has.

Decibels

are a relative measurement. They relate

the

pressure

wave

intensity to

a

of

a

normal

or

standard pressure. For the human ear in air, the quietest

noises

we

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around

10dB

whereas

sounds

of

130dB are considered painful.

Sound pitch.

has

both

volume

and

Volume

is

seen

as

an

amplitude

of

the

increase

in

sound wave. Pitch is seen as a change

in

the

frequency

of

the

sound wave. Water is much more dense than air, so the standard pressure is

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different.

This

means

that

cannot

directly

convert

levels

from

to

air

you

decibel

water.

(To

convert from a decibel reading in air

to

a

decibel

reading

in

water, you should add 61.5dB.) Pitch Pitch frequency,

relates or

how

many

to

the

times

a

second the particles vibrate. The distance between one wave and the

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next

gives

the

wavelength.

For

sounds all travelling at the same speed,

high-frequency

pitched)

sounds

have

(high-

waves

very

close together.

Low-frequency greater

distance

sounds

have

between

a

each

wave. An extreme example is the low-pitch calls made by humpback whales, which can have up to 100

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metres between the pressure peaks of their sound waves. Frequency

is

measured

in

hertz (Hz). For sound, this means the number of pressure waves per second

that

would

move

past

a

fixed point. It is also the same as the number of vibrations per second

the

particles

are

as they transmit the sound.

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A sound of 10Hz means that 10

waves would pass a fixed point in 1

second.

(Sound

travels

at

a

speed of 343 metres per second in air or 1,484 metres per second in water.) Humans can normally hear sounds between 20Hz and 20,000Hz (20kHz). Noise Noise term.

It

is

a

can

very

subjective

refer

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unwanted

sound

but

is

more

correctly used to describe sound that isn’t rhythmic or pure. When the sound waves form a single

sine-shaped

wave

on

a

graph,

we

sound

as

a

hear

the

pure note. Tuning forks produce a pure

sound,

one

note

(a

single

frequency) and a very smooth line on a graph. When we combine pure notes,

we

can

create

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Harmonics musical

are

the

basis

instruments

of

and

all

result

from overlaying pure notes. Noise is produced48 when the notes aren’t pure. The trace on the graph is bumpy and random. Our

ears

detect

this

as

a

less pleasant sensation and often try to screen it out. In terms of listening

under

water,

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we

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mess of sounds with no repeating pattern or clear pure notes. William Anderson Gittens Author, Cultural

Dip.,

Com.,

Arts.

B.A.

Media

Arts

Specialists’

Practitioner, Publisher

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Chapter

1

A

Brief

History

of

Sound in Movies We all know that49 first there was

silent

film

and

then

was

sound.

But

that's

there

not

the

whole story. Before films talked they still made themselves heard through

intertitles

accompaniment.

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And after the introduction of

the microphone, there were still questions

about

how

to

use

technology.

Here

is

breakdown

the

evolution

of

a

the

brief of

sound.

Though

intertitles

tended

toward the brief and explanatory, the

writer

choose

to

or be

director lush

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Sometimes

the

poetry

positively

purple,

as

in

was the

following intertitles from Erich von Stroheim's The Wedding March (1928): Then, nature mourned— The Birds were hushed— It rained, rained, and rained …. And Oh Love—Without the—Marriage is a sacrilege and a mockery.

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Though

Edison50

film,

he

this

visual

did

always

phonograph

not

invent

conceived

medium

would

mesh

that

and

his

to

make

sound film, and was busy trying to invent sound film almost from the

birth

1885—more

of

cinema—from

than

a

third

about of

a

century before sound film became commercially feasible.

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Inventors

and

needed

to

overcome

problems

before

accepted.

entrepreneurs

sound

First,

several could

silent

be

film

audiences seemed perfectly happy with

silent

because

the

movies, movies

perhaps

were

never

completely silent, almost always accompanied

by

kind:

a

from

music

of

some

multipieced

pit

orchestra for big openings, to a

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single piano, or even a guitar if no one in a small town could play the larger instrument.

Early

on,

when

film

prints

traveled from small town to small town

in

the

they

were

American

often

heartland,

narrated

by

a

live raconteur, who would explain the

action

audiences.

on-screen

to

"Intertitles"—those

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cards between moments of action— contained explanations of action, or important moments of dialogue, or even bits of poetry to set the mood.

Also, film

by

the

writing,

photography, reached very

1920s,

and

silent

acting, music

had

an

aesthetic

pinnacle:

subtle

emotional

and

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nuances could be conveyed without the

use

of

any

accompanying

dialogue. In fact, as the era of sound

film

filmmakers

drew were

to

a

close,

able

to

convey

their stories with a bare minimum of intertitles.

Inventing Sound Second Take The Jazz Singer (1927)51 not

the

first

was

commercially

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released

sound

film.

Brothers

and

Vitaphone

earlier in

been

which

releasing

people

jokes,

and

length

film

sang

released called

Warner had

"shorts" and

a

told

feature-

Don

Juan,

which contained a musical score, in

1926,

the

year

before

Al

Jolson sang "Mammy" on film. In fact,

Jolson's

large

measure

talking an

was

in

accident:

The

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film-makers simply couldn't shut the irrepressible entertainer up be-fore his musical numbers. More important than audience satisfaction however,

was

with the

silence,

technological

difficulty of matching sound and visuals

in

such

everyone

in

the

hear.

In

other

a

way

that

audience

could

words,

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problems were synchronization and amplification.

Unlike the invention of film, the

solutions

to

these

problems

were largely American, the result of the work of several American corporations: Electric,

RCA,

Western

AT&T,

and

Warner

Brothers.

Two

of

those

corporations

formed

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Vitaphone, first

which

commercially

produced

the

viable

sound

system, essentially a very large phonograph platter hooked up to a film projector with large leather belts, like straps or harnesses. Soon

this

clumsy

apparatus

replaced

by

now-standard

strip

celluloid

of

the

prepped

was

for

sound that runs down the side of

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the film strip, so that the two modes remain in synch.

Al Jolson belts out "Mammy," and

Warner

Brothers

becomes

a

major film studio. Even sound

after

its

presented

invention, a

host

of

problems. The early sound cameras and equipment were big and noisy, and had to be kept in their own

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soundproof

room,

called

a

"blimp." And it took a while for someone

to

figure

out

that

you

could move the microphone around by

placing

it

at

the

end

of

a

stick—called a "boom"—just above the range of the camera. So very early sound52 films tended to be very static because actors had to speak cameras

to

a

static

movement

no

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that graceful and supple fluidity it

had

been

developing

for

30

years. (Some of the problems with early sound film are hilariously portrayed

in

the

MGM

musical

Singin' in the Rain [1952]).

Other problems

nontechnological

had

to

be

resolved

at

the advent of sound: Some actors

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did not sound the way they looked on the silent screen.

It

was

difficult

for

silent

scene writers to find the right balance in sound scripts between action

and

justifiably

dialogue. feared

international silent rely

film on.

losing

audience

could

And

Studios

so

the that

automatically on.

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after

these

and

other

early

problems with sound were solved, this

technology

element

that

became

another

filmmakers

could

play with to make filmgoing even more

pleasurable

than

it

had

assertion

that

been. Second Take The silent

cliché film

stars

with

funny

voices could not take to the new

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microphones

and

so

sank

into

oblivion is, for the most part, untrue.

In

fact,

lots

of

very

famous sound actors had perfectly successful

silent

careers:

Joan

Crawford,

William

Powell,

Myrna

Loy,

Ronald

Colman,

and

Gary

Cooper, to name just a few. When silent actors did not succeed, it was not so much because of their voices

as

because

they

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adapt well to the new kinds of roles demanded by sound film.

Director's Cut It is rumored that

the

person

to

solve

the

problem of speaking into a static microphone

was

a

woman—director

Dorothy Arzner—who is supposed to have

invented

microphone"

to

the

"boom

those

actors

get

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moving,

and

to

get

the

motion

back into motion pictures. In the early sound era, the same film53

would

three

languages,

could

still

appeal

to

international

audience

before

subtitling

dubbing

widely the

be

and

used.

For

shooting

version

of

shot

of

in

so

two

that

or

they an

had

been

example,

after

the

Dracula

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(1931)

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everyone

went

home,

the

night

crew came in to shoot the Spanish version,

with

director

and

which

many

aficionados superior

a

different

Spanish horror

believe

version.

to

actors, film be

the

Unfortunately,

this solution proved cumbersome, and was not used very frequently.

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As a consequence, movies are

no

longer

as

international

as

they were, at least in the sense that

American

audiences

are

less

likely

to

foreign

films

because

subtitles people

just like

watch

now

dubbing

and

seem

most

to

inefficient

substitutes for plain speaking.

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Look

Who's

Talking:

Sound

Changes the Industry The addition of sound did not simply mean that actors could now talk; it meant big changes in the way that films were produced. Scenarists now had also

to

be

dialogue

Literary

types

arts

imported

to

were

help

write

from

the

writers. the

other

to

Hollywood

new

talkies:

Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley,

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William

Faulkner,

and

Ernest

Hemingway, for example. Actors now had to be paragons of articulateness

and

fluency

as

well as pantomime artists.

Certain far

less

exotic

roles

fashionable,

became

in

part

accents

were

because

foreign

harder

to

understand

with

primitive

microphone

and

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amplification

technologies,

in

part because the fantasy of the Asian vamp or the Italian villain seemed

more

added

reality

of

sound,

part

because

some

foreign

began

kitschy

to

with

seem

stereotypical

and

the

and

in

types

rather

xenophobic.

With the exception of Chico Marx, dumb

immigrant

disappearing

Italians

from

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along

with

Jewish

shyster

lawyers. Native American stereotypes54— monosyllabic persisted finally

grunts

much

began

and

all—

longer,

but

being

scrutinized

in the 1950s, and even satirized in such films as Blazing Saddles (1974) by the 1970s. Some verbal kinds of comedy— most

conspicuously

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the Marx Brothers—was simply not possible until sound. A host of comedians

came

from

vaudeville

and the stage to help round off the

new

cast

of

talking

characters: Jack Benny, Bob Hope, George

Burns

and

Gracie

Allen,

and so on.

At genre

least

sprang

one

up

at

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screwball

comedy,

a

combination

of romantic comedy and some very silly

behaviour,

sophisticated

that

relied

banter

leading

couple.

The

screwball

remain

in

on

of

the

traces

of

our

culture

to the present day in films like Pretty Woman (1990) or When Harry Met

Sally

(1989),

and

prime-time sitcoms.

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And, of course, at least one

whole genre would not have been possible

without

sound:

the

musical. With a volatile history, going

in

and

very

often,

out

this

of

popularity

genre

persists

in some form to the present day, from

the

"backstage

musical"

the

late

1920s,

the

Astaire-Ginger

to

Rogers

of

Fred

films

of

the Great Depression, to the big

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colour

MGM

productions

of

the

1950s, to the MTV video, to the rockumentary,

to

the

musical

interludes of The Simpsons.

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Chapter 2 Sound Like Louise Youngman has asserted that

Becoming

a

genuinely

inclusive

w o r k p l a c e 55

means

measuring

what

you

do

but

what’s the best way to report on disability employment? There are a million disabled people in the UK who can and want to

work,

but

face

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barriers to getting into, staying in

and

progressing

in

work.

That’s a huge pool of talent and potential

waiting

for

employers

to tap into.

to

To

do

that,

workplaces

need

be

genuinely

inclusive.

That

might sound like a daunting task, but it doesn’t have to be.

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Marcus

Buckingham

Ashley

Goodall

has

stated

Employees56

crave

feedback.

that Your

organization’s culture is the key to

its

planning

success. is

competencies and

your

Strategic

essential. should

be

weaknesses

Your

measured

shored

up.

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French

Slang

Words57

To

Make You Sound Like a Local Even people who have studied French

for

years

occasionally

suffer the embarrassment of being responded to in English by French people who are quick to pick up their

accent.

If

you

want

to

really fit in, it is necessary to

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learn

French

argot

(slang),

of

which there is plenty!

Mytho Another insult that you may hear thrown about more often than you might

think,

abbreviation literally

mytho of

meaning

is

an

mythomana, ‘a

compulsive

liar’, commonly used to describe someone

who

has

been

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exaggerate the truth, often with the intent to make himself sound better.

Ne

l’écoute

pas,

il

raconte

des histoires. Il est gros mytho. “Don’t listen to him — he just makes stuff up. He’s a complete liar!”58

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According

Dictionary

to

by

the

Free

Farlex

the

construct sound as if (redirected from

Sound

like)

sound

as

if

impression

of

(something)

To

give

the

something being the case based on what one hears or is told. It

sounds

unhappy

in

as

if

your

you're

really

job,

least

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from everything you've told me so far. The team gave me an update on their progress, and it sounded as if

everything

was

going

century,

Brits

smoothly.59

In and The

the

17th

Americans

sounded

British

the

same

Library's

Shakespeare’s 59 https://www.thefreedictionary.com/

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Pronunciation

CD

features

speeches and scenes that claim to be performed as Shakespeare would have

heard

several that

them,

and

reveals

instances

of

wordplay

only

aloud

make

in

sense

the

when

said

accent

of

Shakespeare's contemporaries. Romeo

and

Juliet

-

British Library Board

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What it also reveals is how

close

16th-century

accents

sounded

American

ones.

When

settlers

came

to

Britain,

their

accents

English

to

modern

the

first

America

from

were

the

same as those from their original home, but over the centuries ways of speaking on both sides of the pond evolved in different ways.

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It's

thought

that

Received

Pronounciation - the traditional "cut-glass" English accent - only emerged

relatively

recently,

in

17

on-

the 19th century.

Are

these

the

worst

screen accents ever? 03 Oct 2014 Shakespeare accent

read

reveals

in

'puns,

rhymes' 11 Oct 2013

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2.

"Fall"

is

a

British

way

of

America,

"fall"

is

the

saying autumn In

accepted term for the season of the

year

containing

golden

leaves,

crisp

mornings

and

Pumpkin

Spice

Lattes

from

Starbucks.

Brits

"autumn".

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In

the

16th

and

17th

migration

from

centuries,

when

Britain

America

both

to

"fall"

and

was

growing,

"autumn"

were

common and interchangeable terms in Britain for the months between summer

and

winter,

as

was

"harvest". "Fall" has Anglo-Saxon roots

and

"autumn"

Latin.

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At

some

America's

point

growth

as

during

a

separate

nation, European settlers came to use

"fall"

more

commonly,

while

in Britain "harvest" came to have a specific, agricultural meaning and "autumn" gradually became the name of the season. 3.

We

say

"tomato",

also say "tomato"

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It's

often

said

biggest

difference

British

accent

one

rhotacism;

is

and

that

the

between an

a

American

words

in

British English have a flat "r" sound, while in American English the sound is rolled.

Of true,

course, as

this

accents

often

within

isn't

Britain

and America vary so widely. New

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York

and

Boston

accents,

for

example, have a flat "r" sound, while Cornish, Scottish and some West

Midlands

those

in

the

accents

are

among

British

Isles

to

retain the rhotic "r". 4. Why do people sound American when they sing in English?

It

is

reported

by

Charlotte

Runcie that The British Library's

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Shakespeare’s Pronunciation

Original

CD

features

speeches and scenes that claim to be performed as Shakespeare would have

heard

several that

them,

and

reveals

instances

of

wordplay

only

aloud

make

in

sense

the

when

said

accent

of

Shakespeare's contemporaries. Romeo and Juliet - extract by British Library Board

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What it also reveals is how close 16th-century

English

accents

sounded to modern American ones. When the first settlers came to America accents

from were

Britain,

the

same

their

as

those

from

their

original

home,

but

over

the

centuries

ways

of

speaking

on

both

sides

of

the

pond evolved in different ways.

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It's

thought

that

Received

Pronounciation - the traditional "cut-glass" English accent - only emerged

relatively

recently,

in

the 19th century.

2. "Fall" is a British way of saying autumn In

America,

"fall"

is

the

accepted term for the season of the

year

containing

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leaves,

crisp

mornings

and

Pumpkin

Spice

Lattes

from

Starbucks.

Brits

call

it

"autumn". In

the

16th

and

17th

migration

from

centuries,

when

Britain

America

both

to

"fall"

and

was

growing,

"autumn"

were

common and interchangeable terms in Britain for the months between summer

and

winter,

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"harvest". "Fall" has Anglo-Saxon roots

and

"autumn"

comes

from

Latin. At

some

America's

point

growth

as

a

during separate

nation, European settlers came to use

"fall"

more

commonly,

while

in Britain "harvest" came to have a specific, agricultural meaning and "autumn" gradually became the name of the season.

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3.

We

say

"tomato",

Bostonians

also say "tomato" It's

often

said

biggest

difference

British

accent

one

rhotacism;

is

and

that

the

between an

a

American

words

in

British English have a flat "r" sound, while in American English the sound is rolled. Of true,

course, as

this

accents

often

within

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Britain


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and America vary so widely. New York

and

Boston

accents,

for

example, have a flat "r" sound, while Cornish, Scottish and some West

Midlands

those

in

the

accents

are

among

British

Isles

to

retain the rhotic "r". 4.

Why

American

do

when

English?Brits,

people they

sing

Canadians,

Australians...

sound

Scots,

usually,

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they're

singing

pop

music,

they're singing it in an American accent.

Linguists

disagree

over

why this might be, but there are several theories. One you

is

that

stretch

and

when

you

sing,

contract

the

length of your vowels to fit the rhythm.

As

rock'n'roll

music

developed first in America among singers

with

American

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the musical patterns lead singers to make their pronunciation sound more like those original American accents.

Another

theory

is

singing

makes

you

vowels

and

stops

stressing

that

elongate

syllables

you as

as

your from

strongly

as you do in speech, a pop singer simply sounds more "neutral" than

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someone speaking in, say, a New Zealand

or

Irish

accent.

This

"neutral" accent happens to sound more

like

a

generic

American

accent. Alternatively,

non-American

pop singers could just be putting it

on

so

listeners

they in

the

appeal United

more

to

States.

After all, singers such as Lily

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Allen

have

no

problem

sounding

like a Brit on their records. 5.

The

most

common

English

accent English

is

spoken

worldwide

by around 840 million people, and is

the

language and

third after

Spanish.

most-spoken

global

Mandarin

Chinese

It's

mother

the

tongue of 335 million people, and

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a second language for a further 505 million.

As don't

most

speak

natively, common

English

that

English

the means

speakers language the

accent

most

in

the

world is probably what is known officially,

if

imprecisely,

"international English"60.

60 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/

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When I pull back the double

entendre

lens

to

deconstruct

Youngman expressions it seems to imply

double

occupies also

a

cultural

highlights

constructs and

entendre

measuring

efforts

are

difference

to

space.

two

analysing

information

making

employees.

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She

critical

whether

your

which

a

your real

disabled


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Chapter 3 How Sound Affects The Taste Of Our food

Amy Fleming61 that

has reported

High-frequency

sounds

enhance the sweetness in food, while low frequencies bring out the bitterness.

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As

a

question

consequence

advanced

could

the

sound

replace sugar? And what kind of music should restaurants play?

I

am

table

sitting

eating

at

my

chocolate

kitchen in

the

name of science. (Turns out I'm pretty

good

at

science.)

I'm

trying out some "sonic seasoning" whereby, if I listen to a low-

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pitched sound, my taste awareness somehow shrinks to the back of my tongue

and

focuses

on

the

chocolate's bitter elements. When

I

switch

frequency,

the

to

a

high

floodgates

to

sweetness open up and my entire mouth

kicks

back

in

a

warm,

sugary

bath.

(Try

it

yourself

here.) It is a curious sensation because it doesn't feel, to me at

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least, as if the chocolate tastes different. sounds

It

are

is

more

twisting

that

the

my

grey

matter, changing how it perceives the taste.

The

sound

is

science

nuts

call

taste,

and

the

what

past

sensory

modulating few

years

have seen a boom in research in

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this

area.

Sound

is

the

final

frontier in food presentation.

Restaurants menus,

agonise

over

furniture

and

crockery,

lighting,

yet

often

any

old

CD

will be stuck on for background music with nary a thought. However,

now

starting

to

everyone

has

that

understand

we're that

synaesthetic

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tendencies

when

it

taste,

is

set

bigger

sound part

comes

to

play

to a

in

our

eating

Jerry's,

for

example,

experience.

Ben

&

is considering a sonic range of ice-cream flavours, with QR codes on

the

eaters

tubs to

that

access

will

allow

complementary

sounds via their phones.

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Back

in

Blumenthal

1997,

introduced

Heston his

iPod-

enhanced seafood dish, Sounds of the

Sea,

but

literal,

that

more

was

a

more

Pavlovian

association: eat fish, listen to the sea, fish tastes fresher and better.

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But

a

experiments abstract

number have

sounds

of

now can

recent

shown turn

how

tastes

up or down by remote control, as it were. Bittersweet symphonies The Crossmodal Laboratory at Oxford University fed a group of volunteers

some

cinder

toffee

while playing them high- and lowfrequency sounds, and asked them

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to

rate

the

taste

on

a

scale

running from sweet to bitter. Just as I experienced in my kitchen,

high

notes

enhanced

sweetness and low brought out the bitter. But far

a

laboratory

removed

from

setting

real

life,

is so

Charles Spence, who runs the lab, teamed

up

Caroline

with

food

Hobkinson

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whether

the

results

would

be

replicated out in the field.

For

one

month,

London

restaurant House of Wolf served a "sonic

cake

pop"

of

chocolate-

coated bittersweet toffee, which came,

intriguingly,

with

a

telephone number. On the other end of the line was

an

operator

instructing

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diner to dial one for sweet and two

for

bitter, high

and

they

were

played

the

and

low-pitched

sounds

accordingly.

Hobkinson

says: "It makes me laugh because it works every time, and people say, 'Oh! That's so weird!'"

She put on a similar event at the Royal Institute in London for which,

instead

of

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synthesised

sound

Royal

Academy

of

some

abstract

live

clips,

Music

the

devised

performances

that would do the trick with more feeling. "It works with coffee, too," she

adds,

exciting sound

and

she

foresees

possibilities

replacing

sugar

morning

espresso.

another

study

by

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as

your

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matched the savoury taste, umami, with low pitches. Why airline food can't win Confirming the hunches of so many

ravenous

aeroplane

passengers, a study published in 2011

found

noise

that

loud

suppresses

background

saltiness,

sweetness

and

overall

enjoyment

of

(For

flyers,

this

food.

compounded

by

the

high

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blocking

nasal

passages,

and

therefore access to aromas.) Incidentally, for those among you who curse that you can't hear yourself think, or indeed taste, in

some

restaurants,

it

isn't

unheard of for the background din to register 90db, which is a tad louder than commercial flights.

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However,

Spence

points

out:

"Have you ever noticed how many people ask for a bloody mary or tomato

juice

trolley

on

from

the

aeroplanes?

drinks The

air

stewards have, and when you ask the people who order, they tell you that they rarely order such a drink at any other time." Spence reckons this is because umami may be immune to noise suppression.

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If he proves his hypothesis,

perhaps

concentrating

rich

ingredients

on

umami-

such

as

tomatoes, parmesan, mushrooms and cured meats in the sky could help obliterate plane-food hell. Sound and smell

Last year, a paper published in

the

journal

Perception

Chemosensory

looked

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pitches

and

instruments

with

odours (smell being the dominant sense in flavour appreciation).

The

aromas

of

candied

peel,

dried plums and iris flowers were all

matched

with

piano

significantly more than woodwind, strings

or

brass.

other

hand,

was

Musk,

on

the

overwhelmingly

brass. In terms of pitch, candied

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orange

and

significantly

irises

higher

were

than

musk

and roasted coffee. This is just the start of a long

and

research,

winding

and

the

road

findings

of will

undoubtedly

be

noted

most

by

multinational

companies

keen

to

manipulate

into

us

products.

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Have

you

knowingly

experienced synaesthesia when it comes

to

taste?

sound

to

taste

Does

seem

a

matching massive,

unnecessary faff? Does restaurant noise often spoil your meal?62

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Chapter 4 Musical Sound William E. Thomson makes the point

that Musical

sound63 ,

any

tone with characteristics such as controlled pitch and timbre. The sounds

are

produced

by

instruments in which the periodic vibrations

can

be

controlled

the performer.

63 https://www.britannica.com/contributor/William-E-Thomson/2965

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That

some

sounds

intrinsically

musical,

others

not,

are

are

while

is

an

oversimplification.

From the tinkle of a bell to the slam of a door, any sound is a

potential

ingredient

kinds

of

sound

called

music64.

for

the

organization

The

choices

of

sounds for music making have been 64 https://www.britannica.com/contributor/William-E-Thomson/2965

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severely and

limited

periods

by

in

a

all

places

diversity

of

physical, aesthetic, and cultural considerations. This article will analyze those involved in Western musical traditions.

The

fundamental

usually

made

tone

and

best

clarified

has

noise, by

distinction

been a

between

distinction referring

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the

physical

characteristics

of

sound.

Tone

differs

from

mainly

in

that

possesses

features

that

regarded

as

it

enable

it

autonomous.

noise

to

be

Noises

are most readily identified, not by their character but by their sources; e.g., the noise of the dripping

faucet,

the

grating

chalk, or the squeaking gate.

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Although

commonly

tones

linked

too

with

are

their

sources (violin tone, flute tone, etc.), they more readily achieve autonomy

because

controlled

they

pitch,

possess

loudness,

timbre, and duration, attributes that

make

them

amenable

to

musical organization. Instruments that

yield

tones,

are

musical those

sounds,

that

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periodic

vibrations.

Their

periodicity is their controllable (i.e., musical) basis.

The

strings

of

the

violin,

the lips of the trumpet player, the reed of a saxophone, and the wooden slabs of a xylophone are all,

in

their

unique

ways,

producers of periodic vibrations. The

pitch,

or

high-low

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created

by

each

of

these

vibrating bodies is most directly a

product

frequency. is

a

of

Timbre

product

complement motions

vibrational

of

enacted

(tone

of

the

colour) total

simultaneous by

any

medium

during its vibration. Loudness is a

product

that

of

motion.

the

intensity

Duration

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length

of

time

that

a

tone

persists. Get

unlimited

ad-free

access

to

all Britannica’s trusted content.

Each

of

these

attributes

is

revealed in the wave form of a tone.

The

visualized

pattern

as

an

may

elastic

be

reed—

like that of a clarinet—fixed at one end, moving like a pendulum

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in a to-and-fro pattern when set into

motion

(see

illustration).

Clearly, this reed’s motion will be in proportion to the applied force. Its arc of movement will be

lesser

or

greater

depending

upon the degree of pressure used to

set

it

into

motion.

Once

moving,

it

will

oscillate

until

friction cause

it

and to

its

own

return

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original moves

state

through

of

its

rest.

arc

As

the

it

reed

passes through a periodic number of cycles per time unit, although its speed is not constant. With these conditions prevailing, its motion charted

through by

time

placing

could a

be

carbon

stylus on its moving head, then pulling a strip of paper beneath it at a uniform rate. The reed’s

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displacement

to-and-fro

diminishes in a smooth fashion as time

passes

(decreasing

intensity). Each cycle of its arc is

equally

frequency).

spaced Each

(uniform

period

of

the

motion forms the same arc pattern (uniform

wave

content).

If

this

vibratory motion were audible, it could be described as follows: it grows

weaker

from

the

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(diminishing

loudness)

until

it

becomes inaudible; it remains at a

stable

(steady

level

of

pitch);

and

highness it

is

of

unvarying tonal quality (uniform timbre). If the reed were a part of

a

clarinet

continued unvaried

and

the

blowing

pressure,

it

player with

loudness,

pitch, and timbre would appear as constants.

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Tone Most from

the

musical

tones

differ

demonstration

tone

(above) in that they consist of more than a single wave form. Any material

undergoing

vibratory

motion

imposes

its

characteristic the

fundamental

reed

probably

own

oscillations

on

vibration.

The

would

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parts as well as a whole, thus creating

partial

wave

forms

in

addition to the fundamental wave form.

These

partials

fortuitous.

They

bear

are

not

harmonic

relationships to the fundamental motion

that

frequency

are

ratios

expressible of

1:2,

as

3:4,

etc. This means that the reed (or string or air column as well) is vibrating

in

halves

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and fourths as well as a whole. Another way of expressing this is that half the body is vibrating at a frequency twice as great as the whole; a third is vibrating at

a

frequency

three

times

greater; etc. These numerical relationships also

are

expressible

by

pitch

relationships as the harmonic, or overtone,

series

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illustration), which is merely a representation ratios

in

of

terms

numerical of

pitch

equivalents. Depending upon its shape and substance, performs

a

vibrating

motions

that

equivalents

of

vibrations,

whether

mass

these it

of

a

string,

woodblock,

or

air

are

the

partial be

the

reed,

column.

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means

that

most

tones

are

composites:

they

consist

of

partial

vibrations

of

the

vibrating

body

as

the

as

well

vibrations of the whole mass. Although one can develop the acuity required to hear some of these overtones within a musical tone,

the

ear

normally

them

as

separate

ignores parts,

recognizing only a more or less

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rich

tone

quality

within

the

fundamental pitch.

Although pure tones, or tones lacking other than a fundamental frequency, music,

sometimes

occur

in

musical

tones

are

most

composites. A typical violin tone is

relatively

while

a

rich

flute

in

overtones

tone

sometimes

approaches a pure tone. What the

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listener recognizes as “a violin tone” or “a trumpet tone” also is a

product

of

the

noise

content

that accompanies the articulation of

any

sound

on

the

particular

instrument.

The

friction

of

bow

is

set

motion

as

it

into

the

across the string, the eddies of air

pressure

mouthpiece,

within

a

or

hammer’s

the

horn’s

impact on a piano string all add

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an extra dimension, a significant “noise

factor,”

to

any

manually

articulation,

however,

produced tone. After

it is the presence or absence of overtones

and

intensities

their

that

timbre

of

any

and

flute

articulatory

determine

tone.

distinguishable

relative the

The

violin

tones

are

because

their

“noises”

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different contents

and

are

their

overtone

dissimilar,

even

when they produce the same pitch.

Musical

tones

of

determined

harmonic content can be produced by

electronic

transistors traditional Some

vacuum as

well

manual

electronic

tubes as

or by

instruments. organs,

for

example, use single vacuum tubes

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whose

frequency

output

can

be

varied

through

control

of

an

adjustable

transformer.

ingenious

mixing

compound

Through

circuits

a

tone

consisting

of

predetermined

overtone

content

can

be

produced,

imitating

the

any

thereby

sound

of

any

traditional instrument. Composers of electronic music have utilized this

capability

to

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tones

quite

different

from

any

available

on

traditional

instruments,

as

well

similar

natural

to

as

tones

sounds.

Electronic computers are capable of

complete

imitation

of

such

sounds; the tone is broken down into

its

component

synthesized

through

output circuit.

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then

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Music Tone

White noise Pitch

Movement Once

an

audible

oscillation

is

produced by a vibrating body, it moves away from its source as a spherical pressure wave. Its rate of passage through any medium is

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determined density

by

and

the

medium’s

elasticity;

the

denser the medium, the slower the transmission;

the

greater

the

elasticity, the faster. In air at around

F,

sound

moves

at

approximately

1,120

feet

per

second,

60°

the

rate

increasing

by

1.1 feet per second per degree of rise in temperature65.

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Sound

waves

move

as

a

succession

of

compressions

through

air.

The

is

the

determined

by

wavelength

frequency;

the

higher the pitch, the shorter the wavelength. A pitch of 263 cycles per

second

(middle

C

of

the

piano) is borne as a wavelength of

around

4.3

feet

(speed

of

sound ÷ frequency = wavelength).

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By the time a wave has moved some distance, it has changed in some of

its

characteristics.

journey

has

intensity,

robbed

which

is

it

The of

inversely

proportional to the square of the distance. altered

Its

timbre

slightly

by

has

been

objects

within its path that disrupted an equitable

distribution

of

frequencies,

particularly

the

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high-frequency unlike

the

relatively

waves,

low,

straight

which,

move paths

in from

their sources66.

The area within which a sound occurs

can

have

considerable

effect upon what is heard. Just as a string or reed or air column has

a

natural

(or

rate

of

resonance

period

vibration),

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enclosure—whether

an

audio

speaker cabinet or the nave of a cathedral—imposes

its

characteristics

on

a

within

Any

it.

approximates characteristic of

an

in

sound tone

wave that

frequency

resonance

enclosure

reinforced

resonance

period

will

through

the

be the

sympathetic response, or natural resonance, of the air within the

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enclosure. This means that tones of frequencies differing from the resonance

of

the

enclosure

will

be less intense than those that agree,

thereby

creating

an

inequity of sound intensities.

Fortunately, most rooms where music

is

performed

are

large

enough (wall lengths greater than about

30

feet)

so

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natural resonance periods are too slow to fall within the range of pitches

of

the

lowest

musical

tones (usually no lower than 27 cycles per second, although some organs have pipes that extend to 15

cycles

rooms

per

can

second).

produce

sympathetic

materials

disturbing

resonance

obstructions are

or

added

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that

effect.

(Bathroom

singers

revel in this phenomenon because the

band

of

resonance

sometimes

lies close enough to the pitches of the male voice to support it, making it appear richer and more powerful.)

In addition to resonance, any enclosure reverberation

possesses period,

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time measured from the instant a sound fills the enclosure (steady state)

until

decayed

to

that

sound

one-millionth

has

of

its

initial intensity. Anyone who has spoken inside

or a

clapped

large,

empty

experienced reverberation. reasons

for

reverberation:

his

hands

room

has

prolonged There

such

two

protracted

first,

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between

the

surfaces so

of

great

the

enclosure

is

reflected

sound

waves

travel

extended

distances

before

decaying;

and,

second,

that

the

absence

of

highly

absorbent

materials

precludes

appreciable

loss

of

intensity

of

the

wave

during its movement. The reverberation period is a crucial

factor

in

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sounds

must

be

considerable period

is

heard

fidelity.

too

long

in

with

If

the

a

room

where speech must be understood, spoken syllables will blend into each other and the words will be mumbled

confusion.

other

hand,

period

is

the

too

If,

on

the

reverberation

brief

in

a

room

where human “presence” and music each contribute to the acoustics,

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only a “cold” and “dull” feeling will

persist,

reverberative

because

support

of

no the

prevailing sounds can be provided by

the

also

enclosure

acoustics:

itself.

(See

Architectural

acoustics.) Although

all

sound

waves,

regardless of their pitch, travel at the same rate of speed through a

particular

medium,

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mushroom

out

in

a

broad

trajectory while high tones move in

straight

reason

paths.

listeners

in

For

this

any

room

should be within a direct path of sound propagation.

Seats far to the side at the front

of

an

auditorium

offer

occupants a potentially distorted version of sound from its source.

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Thus the high-frequency speakers (tweeters)

in

reproduction

systems

are

angled

toward

sides

the

room,

the

good

of

audio

ensuring wider coverage for highfrequency

components

of

all

sounds.

Sites of musical performance in

the

open

different

demand

quite

acoustical

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arrangements, sound and

of

reflection walls

course, from

cannot

since

ceilings

occur

and

reverberation cannot provide the desirable

support

that

be

room.

A

available

within

reflective

shell

placed

the

source

can

sound

boost

a

would

in

transmission

toward

listeners.

reflector

must

be

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behind

provide of

a

sounds

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that

relatively

propagation locations

uniform

will

where

wave

reach

all

listening

will

occur. The shell form serves that purpose curved angles

admirably shape

avoids

that

continuous

since

its

the

right

might

set

up

reflections,

or

echoing. Furthermore, sound waves are reflected more uniformly over a wide area than with any other

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shape,

diffusing

over

the

path

(The

needs

those

of

of

here the

them

equally

propagations.

are

similar

photographer

to who

wishes to flood a scene uniformly with flat light rather than focus with

a

spotlight

area.)

Pitch And Timbre

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Just as various denominations

of

coins

larger

combine

units

to

form

a

monetary

of

the

system, so musical tones combine to form larger units of musical experience. loudness,

Although

duration,

act

as

the

structuring

pitch

four-fold

has

dominating

been

pitch,

and

timbre

coordinates of

these

favoured

attribute

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Western theorists. The history of music

theory

has

to

a

great

degree consisted of a commentary on the ways pitches are combined to make musical patterns, leaving loudness and timbre more as the “understood”

parameters

of

the

terminology,

for

musical palette.

Music

example, recognizes loudnesses in

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music in terms of an eight-level continuum

of

“extremely

nuances

soft”

from

(ppp,

or

pianississimo)

to

loud”

(fff

fortississimo).

(The

musical

or

“extremely

dominance

of

Italy

from the late 16th to the 18th century—when these Italian terms first were applied—explains their retention today.)

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The timbres of music enjoy an

even less explicit and formalized ranking;

other

than

the

vague

classifications

“shrill,”

“mellow,”

and

“full,”

so

on,

there is no standard taxonomy of tone

quality.

Musicians

for

the

most part are content to denote a particular timbre by the name of the instrument that produced it.

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Division of the pitch spectrum Pitch

is

another

matter.

A

highly developed musical culture demands a precise standardization of pitch, and Western theory has been occupied with this task from as

early

as

Aristoxenus

(4th

century BC). Especially since the Renaissance,

when

instruments

emerged as the principal vehicles of the musical impulse, problems

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of

pitch

location

representation challenged musician.

(notation)

the

When

(tuning)

and

have

practicing at

least

two

instrumentalists sit down to play a

duet,

there

must

be

some

agreement

about

pitch,

or

only

frustration will result. Although the standardization of the pitch name a′ (within the middle of the piano keyboard) at 440 cycles per

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second has been adopted by most of the professional music world, there was a day—even during the mid-18th

century

of

Bach—when

pitch uniformity was unknown.wind instrument:

The

production

of

sound Tubes used to produce a musical sound

may

be

cylindrical,

conical,

or

some

combination

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the

two.

They

may

also

be

straight or curved.…

Man’s perception of pitch is confined within a span of roughly 15 to 18,000 cycles per second. This upper limit varies with the age

and

ear

individual, normally

structure the

of

the

upper

limit

attenuating

with

advancing age. The pitch spectrum

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is divided into octaves, a name derived

from

the

scale

theories

of earlier times when only eight (Latin

octo)

notes

within

this

breadth were codified. Today the octave

is

considered

in

music

to

define

boundaries

the

Western

for the pitches of the chromatic scale.

The

piano

useful

visual

this

12-unit

keyboard

is

a

representation

of

division

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octave.

Beginning

on

any

key,

there are 12 different keys (and thus

12

counting

different the

pitches),

beginning

key,

before a key occupying the same position in the pattern recurs. One the

must

keep

chromatic

in

mind

that

scale,

within

the

various octave registers of man’s hearing, is merely a conventional standard

of

pitch

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Performers like singers, trombone and string players, who can alter the

pitches

frequently

make

they use

produce, of

pitches

that do not correspond precisely to this set of norms. The music of many non-Western cultures also utilizes the

distinct

octave.

contemporary

divisions

Furthermore, music

makes

of

some

use

of

pitch placements that divide the

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octave

into

units

smaller

than

the half-step. This music, called microtonal,

has

standard

fare

cultures,

in

advocates

(Alois

Carillo,

Karlheinz

not in

become

Western

spite Hába,

of

its

Julian

Stockhausen)

and even its special instruments that

provide

a

means

consistent performance.

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Western

dotted

music

with

history

systems

is

formulated

for the precise tuning of pitches within the octave. From a modern viewpoint all suffer from one of two

mutually

either

they

(intervals) they

are

exclusive lack

of

faults:

relationships

uniform

incapable

of

size,

or

providing

chords that are acceptable to the ear. Pythagorean tuning provides

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uniformity

but

not

the

chords.

Just tuning, based on the simpler ratios

of

provides

the

the

overtone

chords

but

series, suffers

from inequality of intervals.

Meantone

tuning

provides

equal intervals but gives rise to several

objectionable

chords,

even in simple music. All three of these systems fail to provide

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the pitch wherewithal for the 12 musical

keys

found

in

the

standard repertoire. The compromise tuning system most widely

accepted

since

the

mid-19th century is called “equal temperament.”

Based

on

the

division

octave

into

12

of

the

equal

half-steps,

or

semitones,

this

method

provides

precisely

equal intervals and a full set of

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chords

that,

euphonious overtone

although

as

not

as

of

the

are

not

those

series,

offensive to the listener.

The semitone is the smallest acknowledged

interval

Western

system.

pitch

of

The

the sizes

of all remaining intervals can be calculated

by

determining

how

many semitones each contains. The

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names

of

these

intervals

derived

from

through

a

simple

counting

and

spaces

of

lines (see

musical

are

illustration).

notation

the

Just

of

staff as

the

overtone content of a single tone determines

timbre,

relationship

the

of

the

constituent

pitches of an interval determines its quality, or sonance. There is a long history of speculations in

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this

area,

but

the

subjectivity

of the data indicates that little verifiable

fact

can

be

sorted

from it.

Consonance and dissonance Until the 20th century, music theorists

were

prone

to

concoct

tables that showed an “objective” classification of intervals into the

two

opposing

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consonant and dissonant. But only the person who utters these terms can know with assurance what he means

by

them,

although

many

attempts have been made to link consonant with pleasant, smooth, stable, with

beautiful

and

unpleasant,

dissonant grating,

unstable,

and

ugly.

adjectives

may

be

meaningful

in

reasonably

musical

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but

difficulty

attempts

to

evaluation

arises

pin on

a

a

if

one

singular

particular

interval per se.

Theorists have noted that the character altered

of

an

interval

considerably

by

is the

sounds that surround it. Thus the naked

interval

“grating,”

that

sounds

“unstable,”

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lacking in fusion might within a particular

context

create

an

altogether different effect, and vice versa. Recognition

of

the

power

of

context in shaping a response to the individual pitch interval has led some music theorists to think more in terms of a continuum of sonance

that

consonant

to

extends more

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tearing down the artificial fence once presumed to separate the two in experience. The explanation of consonance and dissonance offered by Hermann von

Helmholtz

Sensations

of

perhaps

helpful

as

in

Tone

On

the

(1863)

is

as

any.

An

initial theory was based on the notion

that

product

of

dissonance

beats,

which

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from simultaneous tones or their upper

overtones

differing

slightly

frequencies.

explanation, Helmholtz,

of

offered

held

that

Another

later two

by

tones

are consonant if they have one or more

overtones

(excluding

the

seventh and ninth) in common (see illustration).

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Common

overtones

(incomplete

series, excluding the seventh) at various pitch intervals.

Music in which a high degree of

dissonance

rekindled

occurs

has

in

this

old

psychoacoustics.

The

interest

problem

of

German

composer

Paul

Hindemith

(1895–1963)

provided

explanation

harmonic

of

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and relaxation that depends upon the

intervals

found

within

chords. According to his view a chord

is

more

dissonant

than

another if it contains a greater number

of

intervals

that,

as

separate entities, are dissonant. Although

Hindemith’s

reasonings

and

not

widely

been

absence

of

any

conclusions accepted, more

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explanation

and

classification

often leads musicians to use his ideas implicitly.

Although

the

complete

pitch

spectrum can be tuned in a way that

provides

12

pitches

per

octave (as the chromatic scale), pitch

organization

in

music

usually is discussed in terms of

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less

inclusive

kinds

of

scale

patterns. The most important scales in traditional

Western

theory

are

seventone

(heptatonic),

which,

like

the

chromatic,

operate

within

the

octave.

are

different

from

These

scales

one

another

only in the intervals formed by their

constituent

major

scale,

pitches.

for

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consists

of

seven

arranged

in

the

order:

pitches

intervallic

tone–tone–semitone–tone–

tone–tone–semitone. Called major because of the large (or

major)

third

that

separates

the first and third pitches, this scale

differs

from

the

minor

scale mainly in that the latter contains a small (or minor) third in

this

location.

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variants of the minor scale are recognized

in

the

music

of

the

Western

repertoire,

it

is

important to note that they share this small interval between their first and third pitches.

Scales and modes Major and minor scales formed the primary pitch ingredients of music

written

between

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1900, although this is a sweeping generalization

for

which

exceptions

rare.

Other

are

not

scales,

called

modes,

greater

representational

for

music

of

earlier

for

much

of

the

possess power

times

and

repertoire

of

Western folk music. These too are heptatonic

patterns,

their

uniqueness produced solely by the differing

pitch

relationships

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formed by their members. Each of the

modes

can

most

easily

be

reproduced by playing successive white keys at the piano. The modes and the major and minor

scales

best

represent

the

pitch structure of Western music, though

they

do

not

utilize

the

total complement of 12 chromatic pitches

per

octave.

They

are

abstractions that are meaningful

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for tonal music; i.e., music in which a particular pitch acts as a

focal

point

of

perception,

establishing a sense of repose or tonality

to

which

the

remaining

six pitches relate. Major

and

tonality

was

music

until

minor

basic it

to

scale Western

began

to

disintegrate in the art music of the

late

19th

century.

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replaced in part by the methods of Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), which used all 12 notes as basic material.

Since

that

revolution

of the early 1920s, the raw pitch materials

of

frequently

Western

been

music

have

from

the

drawn

complete chromatic potential. By contrast, Eastern

the

music

cultures,

a

of

several

number

of

children’s songs, and occasional

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Western pitch as

folk

songs

materials

pentatonic

incorporate

best

classified

(a

five-pitch

scale).

Sound

Production

Of

Musical

Instruments Excluding

electronic

tone

synthesizers, which employ vacuum tubes

or

transistors

to

produce

tones, musical instruments can be

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classified

within

three

groups:

(1) chordophones, or strings; (2) aerophones,

or

winds;

idiophones

and

membranophones,

nearly

all

(3)

which

are

percussion

instruments.

Each

category

further

is

of

and

divisible

into groups according to the way the vibrating medium is set into motion.

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means

of

eliciting

sounds

determine three categories within the family of chordophones. They are

bowing,

plucking,

and

common

of

the

are

the

violin,

violoncello,

and

double

striking. first

Most

category

viola, bass

of

which

use

setting

the a

orchestra,

all

of

horsehair

bow

for

their

strings

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motion. box

Essentially

bearing

resonant

strings

different

of

four

fundamental

frequencies, group

a

members

have

not

of

this

changed

appreciably in construction since the 17th century, except for the 20th-century electrified fact

a

advent

bass,

close

which

cousin

amplified guitar.

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Violins

and

the

larger

members of its group are sounded by

plucking

occasion, brittle

which

tone

duration.

(pizzicato)

of

The

on

provides

extremely

harp

is

the

a

brief best

known orchestral instrument whose tone

depends

components

upon

added

by

the

noise

plucking.

Other plucked instruments are the

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guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukelele, zither,

lyre,

harpsichord. from

the

strings

and

The

latter

piano

in

are

plucking

lute,

action

differs

that

actuated of

the

its

by

the

a

tiny

plectrum.

The piano is most notable of the struck stringed instruments, employing

a

hammer

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linked

with

producing

the

its

keyboard

wide

range

for of

sounds. Other instruments of this group are the clavichord and the dulcimer.

For all chordophones pitch is proportional and

to

inversely

length,

string

tension

proportional

thickness,

and

to

density.

Since string length is the most

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readily altered of these factors, all chordophones provide a means for

altering

length

of

the

strings

resonating (as

with

the

violin and guitar) or a set of many

string

lengths

and

masses

(as with the piano and harp) for producing a variety of pitches.

Aerophones

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This

category

everything

from

the

organ

pipe

understood reference air

to

column

the

by the

covers

piccolo

and

is

to

best

consistent nature

of

the

employed

in

the

various types of instruments, as well as the way this air column is set into motion.

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Brass

instruments

consist

of

a

long tube whose cross section is proportionately small. Coupled that,

in

with

response

a

mouthpiece

to

vibrations

of the performer’s lips, helps to create

eddies

of

air

pressure

that set an enclosed air column into

motion,

produce

a

these

range

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corresponding

to

the

overtone

series.

The bugle is a primitive kind of brass instrument in that it is limited

to

only

one

overtone

series, while the modern trumpet, cornet,

French

horn,

tuba,

flügelhorn,

kinds

of

trombone,

and

various

euphoniums

utilize

valves or a slide to lengthen the

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air column and thus provide up to seven different overtone series.

Pitch on these instruments is primarily length,

a

function

the

of

wavelength

instrument’s

tube

of

fundamental

the

pitch

equal to twice the length of the tube,

plus

correction

a

so-called

that

end

accommodates

variations of bore. Timbre is a

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product of mouthpiece shape, bore (whether cylindrical or conical), and

material,

important player

role

aside

from

performed

himself

in

the

by

the

obtaining

desired overtones.

Woodwinds

prior

to

the

20th

made

for

the

most

century

were

part

of

wood.

and

clarinets

Today are

the

flutes

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this group only because of this heritage,

while

the

saxophones,

always built of metal, share only the

reed

fingering

mouthpiece

and

technique

similar

with

the

clarinet.

All are, nonetheless, called woodwinds, and they consist of an air column set into motion by one of

two

means:

(1)

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pressure

eddies

produced

wind

the

performer

of

by

the

blown

directly into the instrument (as with

a

recorder

or

whistle)

or

over it (as with the flute and piccolo), or (2) by means of a vibrating reed that is set into motion by air pressure from the performer.

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The clarinets and saxophones

utilize

a

single

reed

fixed

at

one end, while the oboe, English horn,

and

reeds

that

laterally For

bassoon

all

are

and of

use

thin

connected

vibrate

these

two

jointly.

instruments,

either keys or the fingers of the performer

directly

open

holes,

with the effect of shortening the enclosed

air

column

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instrument and thereby producing higher

fundamental

Through

overblowing

fingering

and

various

procedures,

overtone

series

wealth

pitches

of

pitches.

provides available

the the on

these instruments.

Free reed instruments utilize a single, freely vibrating reed, different in nature from that of

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a woodwind. The category includes the

accordion,

harmonica,

and

harmonium and their relatives. In these

instruments

vibrates, vibrations

causing in

the

the

reed

periodic

air;

but

the

reed’s size, rather than the air enclosed

by

the

instrument,

determines the pitch.

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Pipe

aerophone

organs (wind)

are

of

the

category,

too,

although their keyboard mechanism and literature link them closely with

the

piano

and

Like

a

grand

synthesis

woodwinds

and

harpsichord.

brasses,

of

organs

produce their tones by means of tuned air columns that are formed with

pipes

of

varied

length,

cross section, and shape (called

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flue

pipes)

or

by

means

of

a

vibrating brass reed actuated by forced

air

(called

reed

pipes).

Flue pipes range in length from under an inch to 32 feet.

Idiophones and membranophones Idiophones are instruments whose bodies vibrate to produce sound. The

class

pitched

contains

percussion

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These include instruments made of wood

or

other

organic

material,

such as xylophones. They

also

include

percussioninstruments

pitched that

are

struck or plucked and are made of metal or other inorganic material (triangle,

glockenspiel,

vibraphone,

celesta,

bell,

gong,

glass

steel

drum,

harmonica,

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Idiophones without pitch consist of

such

instruments

as

the

percussion board, castanets, and rattles, all of which are made of wood

or

other

organic

material

and are struck, scraped, rubbed, brushed, or shaken. Membranophones produce sound by a vibrating membrane. The notably

group of

consists

the

most

timpani,

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kettledrums, by

which

increasing

tension form

of

the

or

the

heads

cavities. of

pitch,

such

bongos,

and

types

of

drums as

tuned the

membranes

that

the

enclosed

membranophones without side

various

fixed

be

decreasing

of

Other

consist

can

and

pitch.

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are

Tone

quality

the

result

skill and

in

and

of

the

controlling

overtone

character player’s intensity

character

sound67.

67 https://www.britannica.com/contributor/William-E-Thomson/2965

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Chapter 5 Sound Change Refers To Diachronic Changes

Sound

change 68

includes

any

processes of language change that affect

pronunciation

change)

or

(phonetic

sound

system

structures (phonological change).

Sound the

change

can

consist

replacement

of

one

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sound

(or,

phonetic

more

generally,

feature

one

value)

by

another, the complete loss of the affected

sound,

or

even

the

introduction of a new sound in a place where there had been none.

Sound

changes

environmentally

can

conditioned,

meaning

that

the

occurs

in

defined

a

be

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environment,

whereas

environments

the

sound

not

affected

term

"sound

is

in

same

other

speech by

the

change.

The

change"

refers to diachronic changes—that is, changes in a language's sound system over time; "alternation", on

the

other

changes

hand, that

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synchronically

(i.e.

within

language

of

an

speaker,

depending

the

individual on

the

neighboring sounds) and which do not

change

underlying

the

system

language's (for

example,

the -s in the English plural can be

pronounced

differently

depending

on

what

follows,

in

bet[s],

as

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this

is

a

form

of

alternation,

rather than sound change).

However, since "sound change" can

refer

to

introduction (such

as

of

the

historical

an

alternation

post-vocalic

/k/

in

Tuscan—once [k] as in di [k]arlo 'of

Carlo',

but

now

[h]

di

[h]arlo, alternating with [k] in other

positions:

con

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'with

Carlo')—the

inherently

label

imprecise

and

is

often

must be clarified as referring to phonemic change or restructuring.

Research

on

sound

change

is

usually conducted on the working assumption

that

it

is

regular,

which means that it is expected to

apply

mechanically

its

structural

whenever

conditions

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met,

irrespective

of

any

non-

phonological factors (such as the meaning of the words affected).

However, to

regular

apparent change

can

exceptions occur—due

to dialect borrowing, grammatical analogy,

or

other

causes

known

and unknown—and some changes are described as "sporadic", meaning that

they

affect

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particular word or a few words, without any apparent regularity.

of

The

Neogrammarian

linguists

the

19th

introduced

century

the term "sound law" to refer to rules of regular change, perhaps in

imitation

of

the

laws

of

physics.69and

the

term

"law"

is

still

in

referring

to

used

specific sound rules named after 69 Sihler, p. 50

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their

authors,

such

as

Grimm's

Law, Grassmann's Law, etc.. Realworld

sound

changes

exceptions;

often

nevertheless,

expectation

of

their

or

of

exceptions

absence

great

admit

heuristic

historical

define

the

is

of

since

it

linguists

to

notion

correspondence

regularity

value,

allows

the

(see:

method).

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Each sound change is limited in space and time. This means it functions

within

(within

certain

a

limited

area

dialects)

and

during a limited period of time.

For

these

(and

other)

reasons, the term "sound law" has been

criticized

for

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universality that is unrealistic with regard to sound change.70

Sound change that affects the phonological number

or

phonemes,

system,

in

the

distribution

of

its

is

covered

more

fully

at phonological change71.

70 For example by "[t]he French phoneticians and the Fino-Ugric linguists", according to Anttila, p. 85.

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The following statements are

used as heuristics in formulating sound

changes

as

understood

within the Neogrammarian model. However, linguistics,

for

they

modern

are

not

taken

as inviolable rules; rather, they are seen as guidelines. Sound Sound

change

has

change

no

memory:

does

not

discriminate between the sources

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of a sound. If a previous sound change causes X,Y > Y (features X and

Y

merge

as

Y),

a

new

one

cannot affect only an original X. Sound change ignores grammar: A

sound

change

can

only

have

phonological constraints, like X > Z in unstressed syllables.

For affect

example,

it

adjectives.

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exception to this is that a sound change may or may not recognise word

boundaries,

are

not

even

indicated

when

by

they

prosodic

clues. Also,

sound

changes

regularized

in

paradigms

(such

inflection),

in

may

be

inflectional as

which

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change is no longer phonological but morphological in nature.72 Sound

change

is

exceptionless: if a sound change can happen at a place, it will.

It meet

affects the

all

criteria

sounds for

that

change.

Apparent exceptions are possible, due

to

analogy

and

other

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regularization

processes,

or

another

change,

an

sound

or

unrecognized conditioning factor.

This is the traditional view, expressed by the Neogrammarians. In past decades it has been shown that

sound

change

does

not

necessarily affect all the words that in principle it could.

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However, when a sound change

is initiated, it often expands to the

whole

time,

lexicon

though

given

not

enough

always.

For

example, in Spanish the fronting of the Vulgar Latin [g] (voiced velar stop) before [i e ɛ] seems to

have

reached

every

word it could.

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By

contrast,

word-initial

the

Latin

voicing

[k]

to

of

[g]

occurred in colaphus > golpe and cattus > gato, but not in canna > caña. See also lexical diffusion.

Sound

change

is

inevitable:

All languages vary from place to place

and

time

to

time,

and

neither writing nor media prevent this change.

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Change 6 Culture Change

All Cultures 73 are inherently predisposed to change and, at the same time, to resist change. There

are

dynamic

operating

that

acceptance

of

things that

while

processes

encourage

the

new

and

there

encourage

ideas are

others

changeless

stability.

It

likely

that

social

psychological

chaos

and

is

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would

result

if

there

were

not

the conservative forces resisting change. Culture

changes

developments political ideas.

in

beliefs

External

diverse

t h r o u g h 74

technology, and

religious

encounters

societies

with and

environmental factors also change cultural beliefs.

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Cultural

change

sometimes

causes a backlash from those with more traditional social views. The

development

of

the

automobile and internal cultural change

transformed

life,

the

the

methods

organization, geographical

pace

of

labor

and

the

distribution

people and jobs.

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The

development

democratic-republican the

British

colonies

ideas

in

during

the

American

Revolution

changes

both

in

of

led

to

government

and

society at large.

Cultural change occurs due to the diffusion of ideas from one society

to

another.

Examples

of

this include the emergence of the

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Buddhist the

religion

in

exportation

of

culture

through

China,

and

American

Hollywood

television and films. Cultural through ideas

change

also

syncretism 75,

from

different

or

occurs when

cultures

mix. This occurred when Catholic saints

were

introduced

to

Meso-

American polytheistic beliefs.

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Acculturation occurs when one

cultural

belief

replaced

entirely

This

occurred

in

system by

is

another.

Scandinavian

societies when local polytheistic traditions

were

replaced

by

Christianity.

Environmental changes lead to significant

cultural

developments. For example, after

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the introduction of the horse by Spanish

settlers,

Americans

of

changed

their

the

Native

Western

Plains

agricultural

society to a horse-based nomadic culture. Climate years,

it

c h a n g e 76 has

been

For

many

known

that

global sea levels are rising. For Heritage

example, Site

the

World

inWillemstad

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Curaçao

in

confront

to

few

years

certain

consequences taken

a

if

unenviable

no

adapt.

will

measures

Other

are

related

issues are trends of hurricanes, extreme

periods

of

dryness,

and

those marked by extreme rainfall. The

United

Nations

for

many

years has been creating awareness on

these

all,

issues.

only

a

Despite

few

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NGOs

are

addressing the critical issue of climate change.

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Chapter 7 Powerful Cultural Story

Marla Tabaka has espoused the view

that

Entrepreneurs77

face

trust issues every day. When you hire

new

people,

it's

natural

to

for

wonder

example, if

they

will fit into the culture.

Will company

they

commit

mission?

And

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trade

in

their

hands?Trusting

someone

else's

judgment

and

accuracy

is

battle.

It's

ongoing

secrets

safe

no

an

wonder

many entrepreneurs struggle with letting

go

and

delegating

their

work load.

Certainly,

asking

the

right

questions and doing your research on

prospective

new

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help

to

mitigate

these

concerns

so that you can build a stellar, trustworthy

team.

be

a

missing

about

trust:

But

you

critical it

is

might

awareness a

two-way

street.

Being the business owner does not automatically entitle you to the

trust

of

your

trust is earned.

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If

you

want

outstanding

results from your team you must journey down this two-way street to build mutual trust.

Tabaka the

expository

criteria

for

The

satisfies Sound

of

Culture becomes an invisible tool and

it

discourse

is

.It

a

culture

is

the

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combination

of

a

powerful

and

moving story, because humanity is at work.

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Chapter 8 Films

While films of the 1930s and 40s

were

mainly

furnished

with

orchestral music78, they also drew upon popular songs.

These films, however, made a major two

distinction types

of

between

music:

these

whereas

orchestral music usually provided 78 http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/

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the

non-diegetic

which

accompaniment,

is

not

heard

characters

in

music

popular

by

the

the

film,

sung

was

diegetic

in

that it had its apparent source in

the

fictional

world

of

the

reason

for

this

to

that,

film.

The

distinction

appears

once

voice

the

be

began

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synchronized

with

film,

and

therefore become diegetic, it was always considered to be diegetic, regardless

of

whether

voices

spoke words or sang songs.

Apparently, disembodied

the

voice

idea

of

a

filling

the

soundtrack

was

just

too

unpalatable

the

early

sound

in

era, but later it was to become

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an

important

way

in

which

to

change

film

music is used. This

began

in

the

1950s, and by the late 60s, the popular

song

had

claimed

its

place as a viable alternative to orchestral

music

in

the

non-

diegetic accompaniment. This post explores

some

steps

this

in

of

the

historical

changing

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popular

songs

in

film

from

diegetic to non-diegetic music.

Popular

Songs

as

Diegetic

Music79 The Jazz Singer (1927) was a

landmark

the

first

sequences

film

because

to

feature

entire

synchronized

sound

of

it

was

with dialogue. Naturally, almost all

of

these

the

main

sequences

involved

character,

Jakie

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Rabinowitz

(Al

Jolson),

jazz,

the

popular

day.

Although

music

jazz

non-diegetically,

singing of

the

does

enter

is

always

it

purely orchestral music. The use of the voice is restricted to the diegetic clip

world.

Here’s

a

short

featuring

Jolson

singing

“Toot Toot Tootsie” (by the way, Jolson’s

words

here,

“Wait

a

minute! Wait a minute! You ain’t

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heard nothin’ yet”, are the first words ever synchronized on film):

Once films80 began to be made with

completely

sound,

the

potential

diegetic

use

grew

thus

and

synchronized for

this

popular

songs

musicals

became

of

quite common in these early years of sound film. One famous example is

The

Broadway

Melody

80 http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/

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which was the first sound film to win

the

Academy

Award

for

Best

Picture.

But even when films were not musicals, had

popular

their

popular

always

source

clearly

in

the

film’s

world.

All

of

established diegetic

songs

songs

in

the

Casablanca

(1942) for instance are grounded

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in performances we see onscreen. And even though the popular song “As

Time

appears used

Goes as

in

a

By”,

which

diegetic

Max

first

song,

Steiner’s

is

non-

diegetic score, it once again is used

only

orchestrally,

never

vocally. The scene in which Rick first

sees

Ilsa

again

demonstrates this well, as Sam’s diegetic singing and playing give

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way to a non-diegetic orchestral variation of the tune when Rick’s and Ilsa’s eyes meet (watch from 1:20):

High Noon and the Vocal Song as

Non-Diegetic

Music81

Although

not in a popular style, the main title music of High Noon (1952) set

an

important

precedent

later films. 81 http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/

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Sung as a western ballad by

Tex Ritter, Dimitri Tiomkin’s “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” was used at various points throughout the

film

as

non-diegetic

music.

In this way, it clearly expressed the

psychological

state

of

marshal Will Kane (Gary Cooper). Here’s a clip of the end of the film,

where

the

non-diegetic

song

enters

as

accompaniment

to

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Kane and his wife Amy’s departure from

town

(the

song

enters

at

1:50):

Popular Song as Non-Diegetic Main

Title

Music 82

Blackboard

Jungle (1955) is well known for its

use

Comets’

of

Bill

“Rock

Haley

Around

the

&

His

Clock”

in the main title sequence. This non-diegetic

use

of

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song

was

groundbreaking

in

film

history as it not only validated rock

‘n’

roll

as

to

the

alternative

a

viable

orchestral

sound (just as Alex North’s score to A Streetcar Named Desire and Elmer

Bernstein’s

for

The

Man

with

the

Arm

did

for

Golden

jazz), but it also used popular song in a way that did not have its

source

in

the

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fictional

world.

however,

the

In

song

this

case,

does

not

reappear in the film proper as it does in High Noon. Even so, its impact was powerful enough for it to be reused as the main title music for George Lucas’ American Graffiti

in

1973,

which

had

an

all-popular soundtrack. View the main titles of Blackboard Jungle below (the song begins at 0:41):

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Popular Song as PerformanceBased

Non-Diegetic

Beatles’

musical

Music 83

comedy

A

The Hard

Day’s Night (1964) uses only the band’s

songs

accompaniment.

In

as

musical

almost

every

case, we see the band performing the

song,

so

the

music

remains

grounded in the film’s world as diegetic music. In one scene, we 83 http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/

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hear

“Can’t

Buy

Me

Love”

while

the

band

enjoys

a

playful

time

outdoors.

A

similar

treatment

of

the

same song occurs again later in the film. Both instances are nondiegetic

uses

and

at

yet

of

the

popular same

song,

time,

as

Buhler,

Neumeyer,

and

Deemer

observe

in

the

Movies,

Hearing

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“Although music is not simply the product in

A

of

onscreen

Hard

Day’s

presence

of

motivates

the

and

performance Night,

the

Beatles

clearly

also

contains

so

the music.

If ‘Can’t Buy me Love’ offers a kind of nondiegetic commentary on

the

scene,

it

nevertheless

seems that the band is commenting

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on

itself,

character’s

much

voice-over

like

a

narration

might in a dramatic film. There is

in

that

sense

little

separation of the music from the character(s).”

In

this

film,

then,

the

nondiegetic popular music is not completely

independent

of

the

film’s diegesis. It still remains

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grounded by the idea of musical performance,

in

much

the

same

manner as a music video. View the scene here:

251MenloveAvenue

9Popular

Song as Pure Non-Diegetic Music84 The Graduate (1967) is really the film

that

set

the

popular

free

from

its

diegetic

song

use

in

film. In this case, we hear the 84 http://www.filmmusicnotes.com/

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songs of Simon and Garfunkel as non-diegetic

accompaniment

for

Ben (Dustin Hoffmann), especially in scenes that focus in on the character’s face, suggesting that he is lost in thought.

The music now has no source in the diegesis and is present to enhance

our

understanding

Ben’s state of mind.

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This purely non-diegetic use of popular song opened the door for

countless

other

films

that

featured such songs in much the same way, Easy Rider (1969) being a

famous

example

that

followed

only two years later. Here is a well-known Graduate

montage

that

is

set

Sounds of Silence”:

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Chapter 9 Exploiting Puns "The

Sound

of

originally

"The

Silence",

is

a

American

music

S i l e n c e 85 " , Sounds

of

song

by

the

duo

Simon

&

Garfunkel. The song was written by Paul Simon over several months in 1963 and 1964. A studio audition led to the duo signing a record deal

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with

Columbia

Records,

and

the

song was recorded in March 1964 at Columbia Studios in New York City for inclusion on their debut album, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M..

The

U.S.

Comptroller

of

the

Currency86 Thomas Curry was also quoted as saying that culture is a “critical component of a sound management team”. 86 https://stratbizcomm.blogspot.com/

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On

reflection

character

87provides

Sound the

power

with which a person may ride the emergencies being

of

life

instead

overwhelmed

by

of

them

according to Og Mandino. Henry that

The

Beston

also

believes

three

great

elemental

sounds88 in nature are the sound

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of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

Charlotte underscored 26

Words

the

and

Grainger significance

Phrases

that

of you

sound stupid. A case in point Do you pepper your

sentences89

“literally”?

with

You’re

89 https://www.rd.com/author/sw-38405/

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“I’m

literally

falling

asleep”

sounds stronger than “I’m falling asleep.” just

one

There’s problem 90 .

The

word

“literally” means that something is exact and true, so when you use it metaphorically you run the risk of sounding silly.

Unless your eyes are shutting and

you

are

literally

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asleep,

don’t

(Because

if

falling

say

you

asleep,

you

are.

really

are

you

wouldn’t

be

talking or standing or sitting.) What's

the

meaning

of

the

phrase 'Sound bite'91? The

meaning

of

the

phrase

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The

origin

of

this

phrase

originated in US media circles in the

1980s.

The

first

known

printed citations come from that period;

for

example,

The

Washington Post, June 1980:

Although 'sound bite'92 refers specifically

to

sound

and

suggests quotations suitable for radio

or

newspapers,

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technique was commonly used in TV news clips. To

make

this

explicit

the

term 'sight bite' was coined to refer directly to video footage. Here's an early example of that from The Los Angeles Times August 1988. "The pacing, the writing, the sound bites and sight bites and just

about

everything

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executive producer Lorne Michaels ...

brought

thudding

to

this

evening

usually

seemed

to

work.93” There

is

an

increasing

awareness94 of the usefulness of theoretically

sound

approaches:

it

opens

for

generalisations

of

results,

it

invites

comparison

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researchers, methods and results, and at the same time it makes the limits of the research visible. S o u n d 95 deadly

is

an

invisible,

weapon

and

a

tool.

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Chapter 10 Personal Reflections As

an

Author,

Media

Arts

Specialist, Cultural Practitioner Publisher and a Student of film; in this conversation The Sound of Culture

is

a

cultural

with

scope,

theoretical provides cultural especially

discourse

depth,

and

analysis

that

understanding

and

interpretation within

the

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Double entendres since generally rely

on

multiple

words,

or

meanings

of

different

interpretations

of

the

same

primary

In

this

space

meaning.

however The Sound of Culture is allowed to exploit ambiguity and is introduce deliberately in this text as a homophone and This the

Sound

Double of

a pun.

entendres96

Culture

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because

it

has

become

a

conversation and most definitely provide

some

insight

into

any

queries such as Sound change. Sound change 97 is inevitable: All languages vary from place to place neither

and

time

to

time,

and

writing

nor

media

can

prevent this change.

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Chapter 11 Conclusion Reflections In my view of field The Sound of Culture is a Double entendres connoting which

multiple

can

differently

be of

meanings,

interpreted

the

same

primary

meaning. This Culture memories

cliché,

The

Sound

immediately to

some

extent

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minds

of

some

global

citizens’

especially The Sound of Music98. As a student of film I have noticed metaphorically that just as in film that Diegetic vs. NonDiegetic Sound Sound

of

99

Culture

similarly, The occupies

every

cultural space since there are so many

ways to use sound.

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The Sound of Culture is use

to help show where, when, drawing attention create

to

important

within

a

things,

designated

atmosphere, it even sets a mood, even

depicting

a

character,

as

well as make someone aware that something is about to happen.

Consequently since The Sound of

Music

the

film

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combination moving and

of

story,

a

powerful

first

breathtaking

rate

and

music,

scenery

of

Salzburg100 Similarly The Sound of Culture of

is

breathtaking

diverse

cultures

scenery

occupying

spaces in the world . Likewise The Sound of Culture encompasses all of these aspects highlighted because culture is a way of life which is performed on 100 https://www.sound-of-music.com/

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the

world

stage

by

global

citizens

This also

a

space

theoretical

cliché,

is

nuance

occupies

a

within

invariably

which

cyberculture

adding

value

to

the

cultural global space.

What when

is

these

equally two

important

constructs

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and

culture

intertwined they

are

definitely unique

are

fused

together

inseparable they

or

presumably and

most

will

create

a

fingerprint 101

which

is

digital interface. For example, just there is no music

without

dance

likewise

there

is

sound

without

no

culture.

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In addition, there is no way that

a

conversation

and

there

is

no

can

be

had

mentioned

of

sound since it is an entity. Sound

contains

so

many

different waves and vibrations102, each

with

their

own

specificity

which

delicate

of

skin

the

vibrate. 102 https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/sound

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Yet in this context the title of

this

Culture

text is

The

applied

Sound as

a

of

double

entendre (/ɒ ̃ˈtɒ ̃d(rə)/;

French: [dubl ɑ ̃.tɑ ̃dʁ(ə)]). It is a figure of speech because of the

particular

wording

that

is

way

of

devised

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understood in two ways, having a double meaning.

In

this

space

typically

one

of the meanings is obvious, given the

context,

whereas

the

other

may require more thought.103 Double

entendre

applied

in

this text certainly will exploit

103 "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online". Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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puns

to

convey

the

second

meaning. For

example,The

Comptroller

of

the

U.S.

Currency 104

Thomas Curry was also quoted as saying

that

culture

“critical

component

of

a

is

a

sound

management team”.

The Sound of Culture relys on multiple

meanings

of

104 https://stratbizcomm.blogspot.com/

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different interpretations of the same primary meaning. In same

this will

space

is

often

however

the

allowed

to

exploit ambiguity and is used to introduce

it

deliberately

in

a

text as a homophone and a pun.

This Sound

Double of

because

entendres105

Culture

has

it

become

has

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conversation and most definitely provide

some

insight

into

any

Sound

is

queries. The always

clichéd

phrase

changing;

everlasting;

it’s

It’s

nonstop

according to Christine Sun Kim106

Because of the

pervasiveness

of Sound it is always changing;

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It’s

everlasting;

it’s

nonstop

according to Christine Sun Kim107 Wind is also characterized as sound

and

the

said

sound

is

always used in horror movies and on Halloween soundtracks because this howling breeze sends shivers down our spine. The scientific reason is Wind howls

when

passing

it’s

broken

through

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or

up

from

around


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objects, such as trees. The gust of

air

around

will the

split

tree

up

and

to

move

then

comes

back together on the other side.

Due

to

factors

such

as

the

surface of the tree and the air speed, one side of the wind is going

to

be

stronger

than

the

other when the currents rejoin.

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The

mixing

of

the

two

currents causes vibrations in the air,

which

produce

that

ghostly

howling noise that gives us the creeps. (But let’s face it: That noise is nothing compared to any of

these

chilling

real

ghost

Therefore this is the

Reason

Howling

Spooky

stories.)

Why

Wind

Is

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according to Morgan Cutolo108 the Assistant Digital Managing Editor at Reader’s Digest Christine hearing

people,

captured

via

Sun

K i m 109 F o r

information

the

ear,

is

through

sound. But you can look elsewhere and

you

are

still

getting

information. With sign language, you have to be focused on what

108 https://www.rd.com/author/morgancutolo/ 109 https://fellowsblog.ted.com/?source=post_page---

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you’re

seeing.

Many

things

are

dependent on sound, like Siri on the phone, voice commands.

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Chapter 12 Conclusion

Although the Sound of Culture is is

a cultural discourse yet it perceived as contemporary .

The

Sound

cultures

in

traditions living

in

Of

Culture

or

general,

their

and

heritage

while

the

age

post-

of

globalization is inexplicable110.

110 https://sonicfield.org/2018/04/defining-tradition-sound-culture-questioningimportance-authenticity/

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There operating

is

this

within

notion

the

Sound

of

Culture that every culture has in one

way

or

the

other

adopted

different

aspects

of

cultures,

and

slightly

by

other

transforming them, made them part of their own heritage. Japan examples

is

one

of

for

such

a

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the

best

phenomenon,


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since

this

country

already

has

ages worth of history of adopting cultural Asian

elements

countries

from

other

the

west,

and

transforming

foreign

ideas

and

making

part

their

own

them

of

unique heritage.

Given view

of

Maria

Papadomanolaki

field

The

Sound

of

Culture is a cultural discourse.

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The

Sound

definitely

of

be

theoretical

Culture

construed

cliché;

It

can as

a

is

a

nuance occupying cyberculture; It also adds value to the

cultural

global space.

The sound of culture has an unique fingerprint111 that is part

111 https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/organisations/department-of-media-musiccommunication-and-cultural-studies

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of

the

amalgamation

auditory, components

and that

of

visual,

functional allows

people

see, hear, touch, or talk to as they

interact

with

computers

(digital devices)112in this postglobalization113 space.

This

theoretical

metaphorically

behaves

cliché somewhat

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like sound ,it contains so many different waves and vibrations114, each

with

their

specificity delicate

own

which

skin

of

varying

makes

the

the

eardrums

vibrate; there cannot be no music without dance; likewise there is no sound without culture.

What Sound

of

is

very

Culture

noticeable has

114 https://www.dkfindout.com/us/science/sound

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Synonyms


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tendencies and evokes memories in the

minds

of

global

citizens’

just like The Sound of Music. In context The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced

and

directed

by

Robert

Wise, and starring Julie Andrews and

Christopher

Plummer,

with

Richard Haydn and Eleanor Parker.

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The film is an adaptation of

the

1959

same

name,

Rodgers

stage

musical

composed

with

by

lyrics

Hammerstein II115.

of

the

Richard

by

Oscar

As a student

of film I have noticed that in this film contained Diegetic vs. Non-Diegetic Sound

of

Sound

116

Music.

metaphorically

in

The

115 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki The_Sound_of_Music_(film) 116 https://collegefilmandmediastudies.com/film-sound-and-music

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in

The

Likewise Sound

of


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Culture

especially

staged

by

global citizens who are cultural practitioners

during

it’s

cultural discourse

Diegetic sound117 is any sound that the character or characters on screen can hear.

A case in

point the sound of one character 117 http://www.filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htmSound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has

been implied to be present in the action: narrator's commentary sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect mood music Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from the a source outside story space. The distinction between diegetic or non-diegetic sound depends on our understanding of the conventions of film viewing and listening. We know of that certain sounds are represented as coming from the story world, while others are represented as coming from outside the space of the story events. A play with diegetic and non-diegetic conventions can be used to create ambiguity (horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy). Another term for non-diegetic sound is commentary sound

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talking

to

another

would

be

diegetic. Non-diegetic

sound

is

any

sound that the audience can hear but

the

characters

cannot.

Any

on

screen

appearance

background

music

a

prime

example

non-diegetic

sound.

This

of

clip

from

is

of

Edgar

Wright’s

Shaun of the Dead simultaneously

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depicts

both

diegetic

and

non-

diegetic sound. The

aforementioned

explanation explains diegetic and non-diegetic

sound

and

how

is

applied since there are so many ways

to

use

sound

even

metaphorically. You

can

use

sound

to

help

show where and when the film is set, draw attention to important

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things,

create

an

atmosphere

or

set a mood, depict a character, warn that something is about to happen. Consequently since The Sound of Music is a film and the

rare

combination

it of

is a

powerful and moving story, first rate

music,

and

breathtaking

scenery of Salzburg118

118 https://www.sound-of-music.com/

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Likewise The Sound of Culture

is

a

cultural

discourse

adding

value to the cultural space and it

is

a

way

of

life

which

is

performed on the world stage by global citizens This theoretical cliché, is a fusion

of

two

constructs

sound

and culture intertwined together they

are

inseparable

just

as

there is no music without dance

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likewise

there

is

no

sound

without culture. The like

a

Sound of Culture behaves double

ˈtɒ ̃ d(rə)/

it

is

entendre a

(/ɒ ̃

figure

of

speech because of the particular way it is worded since is devised to

be

understood

in

two

having a double meaning.

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The Sound of Culture is given

in

context.

require

more

applied

to

This

cliche

thought119

exploit

may

and

puns

is

hence

conveying the second meaning and different interpretations of the same

primary

ambiguity and

used

introduce

meaning in

this

exploits context

deliberately

as

homophone.

119 "Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English online". Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

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a


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It is used interchangeably as

a is

Double a

entendres120

cultural

provides

some

because

discourse insight

it

which

into

any

queries. The clichéd phrase The Sound of Culture metaphorically behaves like

Sound

since

is

always

changing; It’s everlasting; it’s nonstop

For

information

is

hearing

people,

captured

via

120 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre

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ear,

through

sound

according

to

Christine Sun Kim121

Many things are dependent on sound,

like

Siri

on

the

phone,

voice commands that is why Music and

sound

are

culturally

and

sound

dominant. Music

are

culturally dominant and therefore the

scope,

the

depth,

121 https://fellowsblog.ted.com/?source=post_page---

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the


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originality

of

this

theoretical

analysis of The Sound of Culture will contribute significantly to the understanding of the cultural interpretation appropriation Culture.

The

and

of

The

Sound

of

the

Sound

of

Culture122

does not make people but People make The Sound Of Culture. Overall, The human influence combined

with

the

pervasiveness

122 https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/culture Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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of

C u l t u r a l 123

d e t e r m i n i s m 124

creates The Sound of Culture as a cultural discourse. William Anderson Gittens Author, Dip., Com., Arts. B.A. Media Arts Specialists’ Cinematographer, Cultural The Sound of

Practitioner, Publisher

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123 Cultural determinism is the belief that the culture in which we are raised determines who we are at emotional and behavioral levels. It contrasts with genetic determinism, the theory that biologically inherited traits and the environmental influences that affect those traits dominate who we are. Yet another way of looking at the concept of cultural determinism is to contrast it with the idea of environmental determinism. The latter is the idea that the physical world- with all its constraints and potentially life-altering elements-is responsible for the make-up of each existing culture. Contrast this with the idea that we (humans) create our own situations through the power of thought, socialization, and all forms of information circulation. It is also used to describe the concept that culture determines economic and political arrangements. It is an idea which has recurred in many cultures over human history, from ancient civilizations through the present. https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_determinism

124 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Cronon 1995

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IDEOLOGY-

Developing

and

growing

context

of

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and

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quality

the

in

Multimedia Services Married Children

Lisa

Gittens

and

Laron

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Produced

broadcast

at

an

outside

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Holiness

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Retired

Educator

Mrs.

Shirley

Produced

Multimedia

Smithen 2018

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Celebrating

Methodist

180

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Wesleyan

Holiness

CEO/Managing

Director

Church 2015

Consultant

Devgro

Media

Arts

Services 2011Project Manager Thorsby EDUCATION: 2004-2006

Post

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at

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1995 Bachelors of Arts in Media Arts

Jersey

City

University-special pre

and

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concentration

postproduction Education

1992

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(U.S.A.) 1992

pursued

Production

the at

Diploma the

Video

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Community College. 1991

Diploma

in

Arts

at

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West

Indies

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setting

up

meetings

to

discuss tender proposals. With

prospective

publishing

tenders

firms

of

and

photography firms for selection. Managed a staff of ten students;

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managed a budget of $35,000.00 to $50,000.00 pages,

in

laying

U.S. out

currency

pages

press

ready. Taking

photographs

of

students

and activities on campus 1992-

1994

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-Member

Committee

of

the

Jersey

City

State University Duties included listening to student's complaints

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that contravened the institutions 'regulations. 1990

~

1991

Seconded

to

the

Faculty of Education, University of

the

West

Indies

Cave

Hill

Campus. Duties included preparing workshops for CARNEID and UNESCO. Teaching graphic arts, video and still photography to teachers in the Dip Ed Programme and Masters programme Graphic Artist-

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1990

-1991

Ministry Affairs

Technical

of

and

Assistant-

Education, Sports

Audio

Youth Visual

Aids Department. Duties-processing

black

and

white,

film

and

colour

Transparencies

slide,

graphic

arts and illustrations. 1983-1988

1

Artists

of

Police

Force

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The

Barbados

Royal

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sketching composites of suspects, stolen items jewelry from written information, 1989

–2005

Freelance

Photojournalist

–Caribbean

Broadcasting Corporation Duties field

assignments,

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and

football

Jazz

shell

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1978-1979 Supervisor at Barbados Knitting and Spinning 1972-2015 Member of the Barbados Regiment

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Barbados

Boys

Scouts Association HONORS AND AWARDS ➢

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in

the

Hall

of

Professionals of St.Giles Primary ➢

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International

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12th

Prestigious

Scout

Award Arco Italy

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➢ Presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth

II

of

England

for

outstanding contributions in the field of art. ➢

Presented

to

His

Governor

General

Springer

for

Excellency Sir

Hugh

outstanding

contributions in the field of art and Scouting in Barbados.

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Hackney

England

International Art Exhibition. Designer

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in

60

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