A structured listening piece can train three modes of sonic intention
Evidence
Each participant chooses a sound to make during the piece. Always use the same sound throughout the piece. Sit in a large circle. … Stand just inside the circle of participants holding a small gong or hand bell. Begin the piece by striking the gong twice and then walking slowly around the circle. The next two times you pass the point from which you started, strike the gong once. When you arrive at the starting point again, strike the gong three times to end the piece. … First cycle—Alone: intend to sound separate from any other sound. Second cycle—Dialog: intend to sound immediately before or after another sound. Third cycle— Together: intend to sound along with another sound, sustaining your sound for a long time. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 286
Categorization
- SEED: The three-cycle structure (alone, dialog, together) is a teachable exercise for running workshops on listening awareness.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 286
- XREF: connects to: Intention directs attention to when and where a chosen sound occurs — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 331; Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346; Deep listening moves between vast sonic totality and targeted focus (+10 more)
Broader Connections
- Intention directs attention to when and where a chosen sound occurs
#expands(0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 331 - Deep listening moves between vast sonic totality and targeted focus
#expands(0.75) - One can intentionally tune into how a group collectively perceives sound
#expands(0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 338 - Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it
#corroborates(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346 - Disparate sounds can be unified through relational listening
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 295 - Listening inclusively can fold one’s own thoughts into the sounded environment
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 184 - Deep Listening expands to the whole soundscape while focusing on single sounds
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 77 - Global listening expands consciousness while focal listening yields clarity
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211 - A listening group can coordinate sharing what each member hears at a given moment
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 380 - Deep Listening practice originates in attention-based musical exercises
#corroborates(0.65) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 45 - Being open to listening changes how sounds are perceived, expanding perception
#expands(0.60) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 422