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THE GREAT ANIMAL ORCHESTRA: FINDING THE ORIGINS OF MUSIC IN THE WORLDS WILD PLACES PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Bernie Krause | 288 pages | 06 Jun 2013 | Profile Books Ltd | 9781781250013 | English | London, United Kingdom The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the Worlds Wild Places PDF Book Nov 22, Tara rated it it was amazing. Most sound recordists focus on recording individual species and the study of intact soundscapes is under resourced. Gallagher, M. Sort order. Log In Sign Up. Dec 26, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: nonfiction , conservation , animals. This is the same neighbor with the air compressor that boots up too often in the course of a day. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. It was in some ways very moving. I found it captivating, like a piece of music. Krause records soundscapes of forests and meadows before and after more subtle environmental degradation and compares the richness of each spectrograph, a graphic representation of the sounds he captures. It lasts much longer too, still audible on my recording well after two minutes of its initial appearance. More critically, he examines and demonstrates to us the wondrous acoustic communication mechanisms throughout the natural world and their practical, very real impact on a functional planet. He described an experiment done that connects stress to traffic and other 'city-type' noises. Animals - General. The very soundscapes Krause seeks out are by their nature richer and more varied than Roxborough at dusk. Really well written, shows how disconnected we are from the natural world through multiple ideas regarding how soundscapes work and connects us. Later chapters discuss how he devised the terms biophany and geophany, again from his experiences on commission to record sounds from biomes around the world. Echoes of the Past. Remember me on this computer. Books by Bernie Krause. My neighbors must have their windows open. The book is divided into five thematic parts, comprising sixteen chapters in total and rounded off with an Afterward by Laura Nader. One intriguing concept the reader is introduced to is that of money as a fictive energy that mystifies or indeed conceals the hidden relationships that conspire to distance consumers from the various sources of energy consumed. Bernie Krause. Krause as with his work : Really great to read about! The book could benefit from going more in depth on some of these topics, and at times it can seem kind of slight I mostly read it in an afternoon, in a fit mostly motivated by having to return it to the library that day. After illustrating the science behind acoustics and the meaning of such terms as soundscape and niche hypothesis he begins the second chapter with an inspiring story of a trip he made to Lake Wallowa in Oregon in , where a Nez Perce elder, Angus Wilson, gives him a revelatory early-morning lesson on the origins of music. Click here to sign up. If rain can sound dry, the rain in Costa Rica sounds dry. The idea of music originating in the sound communication systems of wild animals is a sound and provocative hypothesis. I think this about sums up what I want to remember about this book. This is a weird one! Not many stop and get out for a stroll. By John Picker. Aug 03, Lila rated it liked it. These are the clearest sounds I record. Nov 09, Lorrarudman rated it really liked it. Welcome back. The Organized Sound of Life Itself. Capturing the ambient sounds outside my new home, for the hour between and one early June evening might reveal things not so apparent when the dissonance of combined senses, the distracting sights and smells, reduce the noise to a mere accompaniment, meaningless and signifying nothing. Breffni Lennon. What we really want is something worth listening to. Thompson, E. The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the Worlds Wild Places Writer The neighborhood I live in with my family is densely populated, but suburban in its layout. When it's cooler, their bodies move more slowly and the pitch is actually noticeably lower. Breffni Lennon. Dec 26, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: nonfiction , conservation , animals. So many great ideas, could have been much more concise in my opinion. Quite readable, but if you want to learn anything about the origins of music or animal sound, it's surprisingly NOT the book. At another distant, large plane passes. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I loved this book. The white noise systems installed in many offices to block out distracting sounds and to provide a semblance of privacy in open cubicles, do not relieve stress, but instead produce more tension. At least six window air conditioner units hum, occasionally jumping for a second as they spit trickles of water onto the sidewalks and into the grass. At a man finally yells at the little dog and the yapping stops. Description Musician and naturalist Bernie Krause is one of the world's leading experts in natural sound, and he's spent his life discovering and recording nature's rich chorus. Only a reduction of careless human use, along with other restoration measures, can restore any biome to the richness of a primeval wild place. At a screen door opens, its hinge snapping emptily. More filters. I have watched him recording the calls of chimpanzees, the singing of the insects and birds, and seen his deep love for the harmonies of nature. Click here to sign up. Aug 03, Lila rated it liked it. But if you love the subbtulties of music you may love this as well! Other Editions Apr 08, T. Throughout, he vacillates between placing humans in opposition to and including them within Nature. The Organized Sound of Life Itself. At first the engine moans, as if accomplishing an incredible task, but as it flies directly over it roars with undeniable power. He also examines the impact of human noise - by for example demonstrating how a jet flying over an area can disrupt the natural soundscape. We evolved hearing the "orchestra" -- vertical pitch and horizontal rhythm patterns -- and our ancestors naturally strove to emulate it. Just as streetlights engulf the stars, Krause argues that human noise is drowning out the sounds of nature, but that our focus on the visual today is blinding us to this. Soundscape is the sum of all the sounds made by all the animals and other natural features in an area, including bird songs and calls, wind and rain, to mention just a few. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Nov 09, Lorrarudman rated it really liked it. I think the idea of somehow quantifying the overall complexity of soundscapes as a reflection of overall biodiversity has potential and I hope to take the idea to the field in the coming field season while recording birdsong in different ecosystems in Nov Not as good as I'd hoped but still has inspired me to do more natural soundscape recording. I'd skip pass this one by. Laura Nader concludes the collection with a call for anthropologists to heed the writings of Edmund Leach and Nasim Taleb, whose influential concept of black swans suggests we will continue to experience unpredictability when trying to predict where contemporary energy cultures are going. I anthropocentrically hoped that there would be more discussion of the origins and evolution of human music, as the chapter about it was especially insightful. But then you wouldn't have learned the interesting fact about the crickets. The main idea is that animals in any given given ecosystem have evolved to speak at different frequencies: "All god's creatures got a place in the choir First Notes. The final thematic section of the book chapters 14, 15 and 16 focuses on oil and the dynamic power contestations associated with this specific resource. Large mammals and thunder provide the bass in this illustrative concept. People drive through the neighborhood. Biophony is the sound made by animals and plants, like the shrimp that makes noises underwater equivalent to decibels; geophony is natural sound, like wind, water and rain, which led different tribes to have different musical scales; and anthrophony is human-generated sound, which affects animals as it changes, for example causing disoriented whales to become beached. Details if other :. The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the Worlds Wild Places Reviews I'd skip pass this one by. Similarly where modern music takes inspiration from nature it tends to be by using the sounds of one bird or other natural sound and the whole of nature's soundscape is generally ignored. Be the first to ask a question about The Great Animal Orchestra. The very soundscapes Krause seeks out are by their nature richer and more varied than Roxborough at dusk. In Belize, rain provides a bed of white noise, punctuated by thunder. Wilson then demonstrates how the phenomenon occurred; the reed bed had gradually been weathered by the seasons, resulting in the varying heights and holes in the reed stems combining to produce the unique sound Krause and his mentor experience. Well written, easy to understand and a great introduction. I have watched him recording the calls of chimpanzees, the singing of the insects and birds, and seen his deep love for the harmonies of nature. About the Author Dr. Unfortunately, as with most books that concern the environment, a lot of it seemed bleak. But natural soundscapes aren't vital only to the animal kingdom; Krause explores how the myriad voices and rhythms of the natural world formed a basis from which our own musical expression emerged.

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