Ordinary objects can be transformed into musical instruments through attention
Evidence
In one soundwalk a student asked participants to enter a store and to tap the tops of all tinned goods, thus turning the grocery store into a Caribbean steel band. — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 695
Categorization
- SEED: A playful example for an essay on hearing everyday environments as music.
- FICTION: Scene idea: characters re-tuning dull places into percussion ensembles.
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 695
- XREF: connects to: Any moment that attracts attention can be reframed as an art experience — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 372; The world’s soundscape can be treated as a musical composition we co-author; Soundscapes can be deliberately orchestrated like musical compositions — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 794 (+11 more)
Broader Connections
- Recasting familiar sounds as novel transforms ordinary perception into deep attention
#corroborates(0.90) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 333 - Soundwalks use mapped scores to guide attention to specific sounds
#exemplifies(0.80) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 695 - Intention directs attention to when and where a chosen sound occurs
#expands(0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 331 - Soundscapes can be deliberately orchestrated like musical compositions
#expands(0.70) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 794 - Listening actively shapes the sound it perceives rather than merely registering it
#expands(0.70) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 346 - A soundscape is composed of audible events rather than visible objects
#complicates(0.60) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 28