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Sound visualization diagram from The Tuning of the World
A diagram comparing and visualizing the tone of a bell versus a horn, found on page 260 of The Tuning of the World. The illustration represents a visualized cross section of the resulting sounds, which provides context illuminating Schafer's approach…
Untitled diagram from The Tuning of the World
A sound event diagram from page 201 of The Tuning of the World which compares a ringing telephone to a motorcycle engine, providing an example of how Schafer's notation symbols can be put into practice.
Description of a Sound Event from The Tuning of the World
An illustration found on page 198 of The Tuning of the World titled Description of a Sound Event. Consists of a table of symbols explaining how to describe a sound event using qualifiers such as duration, frequency, duration, and fluctuation. The…