This is one of two interlocking pairs of 术语 ordinary/practical is the other one 相关 to 化约 聆听 and to the quatre écoutes in 舍费尔 理论

- 自然 聆听 is the 主要 and primitive tendency to 使用 声音 for 信息 about the 事件 and it is 表示 in the question What is it? Who is it? What is happening? It corresponds therefore to écouter in the quatre écoutes

- 文化 聆听 turns away without ceasing to 听 it from the 声音 事件 and the circumstances which it 揭露 about its 源 and uses it as a 手段(意味着) to grasp a 信息 a meaning 价值 and is analogous with the quatre écoutes 模式 comprendre Paraphrase of Michel Chion 1983 Guide des Objets Sonores Eds Buchet/Chastel Paris 1995 translation by John Dack/Christine North