Over the past week I did a little experiment of my own dealing with how we ended last week’s class in watching the clip from India with several different songs and types of music in the background compared to the real sound of the train. Over the past week I found myself listening to music in a similar situation where it completely changes how you perceive your surroundings. Last Monday I found myself in the commons building with a sizable amount of noise and unable to even think. Then I just but my iPod on and all the sounds when away, so over the following days I did the same thing in different places around campus, whether it be in the commons, the huddle, or walking to class. The one place I found it the most helpful was in the library. Since the library is already so quite, except for the construction, one can hear anything that is said or is worked on in a large radius, but with another imputed sound that you want to hear makes the working environment a lot easier to work in.
The Beauty of Sound
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