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MUSIC and SOUND DISCOVERY

MUSIC and SOUND DISCOVERY:

Bird Song quiz

EXPLORE MORE NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDSCAPES!

BIRD SOUNDS
BROWSE ALL NATURAL SOUNDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SOUNDSCAPES
Soundscapes
The Great Animal Orchestra audio
"Guided by the voices of Bernie Krause in English, the site, developed by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, unveils the mysteries
of the acoustic harmony of the animal kingdom, offering an unprecedented interactive
experience that reveals the ecology of
5 different soundscapes and
the forces behind them."

GLOBAL JUKEBOX: music from around the world

WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL JUKEBOX!

MAKE AND ACCOUNT OR ENTER AS GUEST AND EXPLORE:

STEER the Wheel
Explore the MAP

EXPLORE MORE WORLD MUSIC!

BROWSE WORLD MUSIC

MUSIC MAP: SUGGESTS NEW MUSIC YOU MIGHT ENJOY

Music-Map

Music Map by GNOD uses AI to suggest new music you'd enjoy. Type in your favorite artist, composer, band, ensemble, or conductor!

Some suggestions:

Pete Seeger

Maria Callas

Jay-Z

Miriam Makeba

Johann Sebastian Bach

Eric Whitacre

Yo-Yo Ma

EXPLORE MORE CLASSICAL, POP, and JAZZ

Search that music in Vassar's free audio databases:

DISCOVER (quick search)

Go deep:

Database of Recorded American Music (DRAM): AUDIO DATABASE
Music from folk to opera, Native American music to jazz, 19th century classical to early rock, musical theater, contemporary, electronic and beyond. Complete original liner notes.
Music Online: Listening Search across all 5 sections or search individually:
American Song
Classical Music Library
Contemporary World Music
Jazz Music Library
Smithsonian Global Sound (World Musics)
Naxos Music Library: AUDIO DATABASE
Streaming audio access to CD-length recordings. Principally classical music, with jazz, world, and pop/rock also represented.

Sounds. British Library.
Select from:
Accents & dialects, Arts, literature & performance, Classical music, Environment & nature, Popular music, Oral history, Radio & sound recording history, Sound maps, World & traditional music.

*Not all available to US audiences.*

SONIFICATION: sound illustrates data

What is sonification?

Sonification is the use of sound to represent information: you take data of some kind and create sound with it. The information is translated into pitch, volume, stereo position, brightness, etc. It facilitates the understanding of concepts through listening and makes data more accessible.

Watch below: "Two Trains" - Sonification of Income Inequality on the NYC Subway by Brian Foo.

Examples of sonification: my growing collection of sonifications include:

Foo, Brian. Air Play - Smog Music Created With Beijing Air Quality Data
Polli, Andrea : Heat and the Heartbeat of the City
Foo, Brian. Color Balance - A Soundtrack For Gender, Race, and Ethnicity in Movies.
Foo, Brian. Distance from home: Translating four decades of global refugee movement into song.
Hubbard Brook: WaterViz

See the AUDIO KEY

STORM GALLERY See combined visualization and sonification for specific interesting weather events

Two tone: A easy sonification activity

Watch this introduction tutorial video to learn about how to get started using TwoTone. This walkthrough will show you the simple steps to get started with TwoTone so you’ll be quickly on your way to creating your first data sonification.

This tutorial uses the sample data set Honey Production in the USA (1998-2012), there are also several other spreadsheets built into the app to get you started and a handy tour built into the app.