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    Speed of Sound in Air

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    Sadie Broadway Speed of Sound In Air We are studying the speed of sound in air currently in our physics class. The speed of sound is the distance traveled by a sound wave through an elastic medium during a period of time. The speed of sound is extremely interesting‚ as it’s actually the speed of transmission of a small disturbance through a medium. The speed of sound occurs constantly‚ whenever a sound is heard. It’s everywhere‚ and in air we are discovering certain factors like altitude and air

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    Sound recording techniques

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    Sound recording techniquesl Microphone techniques In order to have a good mic technique you’ll need to understand how the microphones diaphragm work’s depending on sensitivity to your vocal performance you’ll need to adjust your body/ or object according to the dynamics of your delivery. In order to have a high quality recording. Recording drums Some microphones are used for the testing of speakers and checking noise levels etc. These are known as calibrated transducers and will usually

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    Types of Sound Change

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    Types of Sound Change When a sound changes because of the influence of a neighboring sound‚ the change is called a conditioned sound change. We have already considered a good example of a conditioned sound change from the history of English namely‚ the palatalization【語】顎音化of [k] before the front vowel [ī]. Notice that the only voiceless【語】清音的‚ 無聲的velar【語】軟顎音的 stops【語】塞音that were palatalized were those occurring before the vowel [ī]; all other velar stops remain剩下‚ 餘留nonpalatal. Evidence o this is

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    The sound patterns of language ( Chapter 6) ?Phonetics & phonology : which is which While phonetics deals with how speech sounds are actually produced‚ transmitted‚ and received in actual spoken language‚ phonology deals specifically with the ways those sounds are organized into the individual languages‚ hence dealing with abstractions on .a virtual basis Here see two useful defninitions for phonetics and :phonology Phonetics first of all divides‚ or segments‚ concrete utterances " into individual

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    Symbols in The Sound and The Fury The Sound and the Fury‚ a novel written by William Faulkner in 1929‚ is the story of a large‚ well-established family in the South and their downfall. The family is comprised of many disorganized and very complicated characters‚ all with their own flaws that all lead up collectively to the deterioration of the Compson name. One of the major aspects of the novel that Faulkner really emphasizes on is the use of symbols and motifs. Through the use of these two literary

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    Waves, Sound and Light

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    we could ask from our daily life is that how come we can hear? What is it that we hear? Why do we hear it and deaf people don’t? How do we receive any sound? People use sound all the time. We rely on sounds to communicate. Unexpected noises may warn us of danger. The sounds we hear tell us a lot about our surroundings. Many animals also use sound. Even animals that live in water. Since only the very top of the ocean receives light from the sun‚ animals have difficulty using their eyes to find their

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    Yubraj Budhathoki Shannon Vails ENGL 1302 March 8‚ 2011 Lack of communication: An analysis of “The Sound of Silence” “Sounds of Silence is an album by Simon and Garfunkel‚ released on January 17‚ 1966” [ (wikipedia) ].This is a beautiful song composed with wonderful choices of words. Behind this beautiful song with melodious rhythm‚ there is a big message in the lyrics. In this poem‚ Simon presents the speaker who speaks about communication. The idea of lack of communication builds up throughout

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    Fox sounds and vocals

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    Animal Sounds and Vocals Animals aren’t like human beings – they can’t speak or laugh but have found other ways of communicating between each other. Animals might not be able to speak or master advanced language techniques‚ but they certainly have other ways of communicating. There are plenty of examples how different species of animals communicate with humans and/or animals – here are a few: Cats rub against objects

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    Namee: Paul G. Zamora (Homework in Performance Techniques) Sound Waves- A sound wave is the pattern of disturbance caused by the movement of energy traveling through a medium (such as air‚ water‚ or any other liquid or solid matter) as it propagates away from the source of the sound. The source is some object that causes a vibration‚ such as a ringing telephone‚ or a person’s vocal chords. The vibration disturbs the particles in the surrounding medium; those particles disturb those next to them

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    Nat Sound Analysis

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    Nat Sound: Mid Heavy Breathing A deep howl of a wolf echo’s through the woods A fade in POV shot presents a knee level perspective‚ of the misty forest. The Old shrugged trees gloom over the perspective‚ leaf less and lifeless‚ as their roots fight their way through the floor. The fog covers the upper crust of the forest floor‚ littered with sticks‚ rocks and leaves. The POV rushes in a panning motion from the left to right causing a deeper sight of the rich forest parklands Heavy breathing

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