Sound Study Assignment Part A

Assignment: Pick a location, then carefully listen to it for 3 uninterrupted minutes. Take notes of every sound event you hear (for example: sound of a trucking passing by, loud footsteps, coughing, , fast typing on keyboard, etc. ) Descriptions can be factual, onomatopoeic, poetic, etc. post notes to Blog. 

Larissa, Katy, and I decided to ride the elevator at the New School Arnhold Hall (where we have class) for the 3 minutes (going up and down). Below are the notes I took.

~ Moving upward as motor accelerates
~Bing! (we're at a floor)
~Door opening/some jostling
~Girl fidgeting with plastic bag, and can here the crunkling
~Door closing/some jostling
~Acceleration of elevator/can hear the mechanics
~Elevator slowing down
~Bing! (next floor)
~Rushed footsteps as someone runs to make the elevator
~Pushing the elevator button
~Elevator doors closing
~Stopping at the 3rd floor and hearing the atmospheric noises as someone is at the info desk asking for help
~Footsteps of person walking out
~Footsteps of person walking in
~New person's bag rubs up against the wall of the elevator
~ Someone Sniffling
~Doors closing
~ Elevator acceleration

When we finished our 3 minutes in the elevator, Larissa, Katy, and I compared notes. Below are some of the differences.

~Larissa heard a girl mumble, "Oh My God" under her breath
~I heard the person's bag rub up against the wall
~Katy and Larissa both heard the espresso machine on the 1st floor that Larissa initially attributed to a car outside.