The sound a log makes when pounded encodes the pounded’s timing and technique.

Evidence

It’s harder than it looks, making the ax repeat its pattern evenly down the log. Too much impact in one spot will break the fibers; too little and the strip won’t fully break free, leaving a thin spot. Each of us beginners works differently, some with sharp strokes from overhead, some with dull thudding as if we were hammering nails. The sound changes with the pounder: a high ringing note like the call of wild geese, a bark like a startled coyote’s, the muffled thumping of a drumming grouse. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 495

Categorization

• XREF: Listening-as-method central to the Soundscape/observation thread — the practitioner literally reads quality and individuality through sound. — connects to: A soundscape is composed of audible events rather than visible objects — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 28; Strike placement on a drum excites modes by their amplitude at that point

Broader Connections

• Strike placement on a drum excites modes by their amplitude at that point #expands (0.80)
• A soundscape is composed of audible events rather than visible objects #expands (0.75) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 28