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Description of a Sound Event from The Tuning of the World

Title

Description of a Sound Event from The Tuning of the World

Creator

Schafer, R. Murray

Subject

sound event; sound mapping; soundscape; graphic notation; événement sonore; paysage sonore; notation graphique; cartographie sonore; The Tuning of the World

Description

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 symbols illustrate Schafer's approach to graphic notation.

Publisher

Destiny Books

Date

1977

Format

Still image of a diagram in a book

Identifier

UO-RMS360-soundscape196-soundeventdiagram

Source

Schafer, R. Murray. 1977. The Soundscape, Our Sonic Environment, and the Tuning of the World. 196. Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books. 

Item catalogued by Fiona Ferguson, University of Ottawa

Language

English

Coverage

Rochester, Vermont.

Rights

Copyright © Schafer, R. Murray

Original Format

illustration

Files

UO-RMS360-soundscape196-soundeventdiagram.png

Citation

Schafer, R. Murray, “Description of a Sound Event from The Tuning of the World,” SCHAFER 360, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/schafer360/items/show/86.

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