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Sound visualization diagram from The Tuning of the World

Title

Sound visualization diagram from The Tuning of the World

Creator

Schafer, R. Murray

Subject

graphic notation; noise; composition; soundscape; paysage sonore; notation graphique; bruit; The Tuning of the World

Description

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 to notating soundscapes.

Publisher

Destiny Books

Date

1977

Format

Still image of a diagram in a book

Identifier

UO-RMS360-soundscape260-soundvizualization

Source

Schafer, R. Murray. 1977. The Soundscape, Our Sonic Environment, and the Tuning of the World. 260. Rochester, Vermont: Destiny Books. 
Item catalogued by Fiona Ferguson, University of Ottawa

Language

English

Coverage

Rochester, Vermont

Rights

Copyright © R. Murray Schafer

Original Format

book

Files

UO-RMS360-soundscape260-soundvisualization.png

Citation

Schafer, R. Murray, “Sound visualization diagram from The Tuning of the World,” SCHAFER 360, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/schafer360/items/show/88.

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