发现 the soundscapes all around us

Wherever we are we are surrounded by 声 Soundscapes just like landscapes can be 城市 rural 工业 科技 busy or quiet etc

Even though we are constantly surrounded by 声 it is 不 very often that we stop and 聆听 to them

Soundscapes can change over the course of a day and the 声音景观（声景） that we 听 will change as we ourselves move about


Challenge One•Let's close our eyes and 聆听 to the 声 that are around us for a few minutes you may need to remove your headphones!

The 基础 属性 of 声 might 证明 useful starting points
◦Pitch – the 品质 of a 声 or 音 范围（排列） from 高 to 低
◦Dynamics – the 相对 volume of a 声 范围（排列） from quiet to 响
◦Duration – the 长度 of a 声 from short to long
◦Rhythm – a 模式 of strong and 弱 声


Stop look and LISTEN

We often rely on our ability to 聆听 to 方面 of the 声音景观（声景） but do 不 really 识别 when we are doing it

Every young 人 learns the famous saying

Stop look and 聆听 before you cross the road

不 paying attention to 声 can be dangerous For 例如 someone riding a bicycle and 聆听 to 响 音乐 won't be able to 听 the 声 of their 环境 nearby cars pedestrians They will miss out on 信息 about these 潜力 dangers 也许 until it is too late


Fact
Road crossings play a beeping 声 to tell us when it when it is safe to cross


Extra
Some 人 even argue that subtleties of our 声音 环境 can 影响 how 人 feel and 交互 for 例如 the way that we feel if we are in the busy city vs the quiet countryside


Keywords
抽象 声 Acoustic 生态学 Contextual 聆听 环境 声 领域（野外） 录音 声 源 声 Walk