Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An atmosphere or environment created by or with sound.
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- noun An
acoustic environment , avirtual /emotional environment created usingsound . - noun A soundscape composition - an
electroacoustic musicalcomposition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Much like “There Will Be Blood,” a dissonant soundscape is played every time the Joker is menacing somebody.
What did you think? Talk back about Instant On-Camera Review of “The Dark Knight” » Scene-Stealers 2008
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This soundscape is of Piazza San Marco just as the sun rises, a little before 6 AM.
Veniceblog: 2004
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This soundscape is of Piazza San Marco just as the sun rises, a little before 6 AM.
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It's an over-emphasis compounded by Dan Jones's soundscape, which is imaginative in conception (a combination of music and natural sounds) but heavy in execution, underscoring points of tension with shivers of sound, and pelting in with unnecessary rain.
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I agree that the soundscape was the weakest part of this film.
22-Minute Behind-the-Scenes Featurette on Creating Avatar’s World | /Film 2010
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A soundscape is the acoustic environment around you.
Archive 2009-06-13 Mr. Byrne 2009
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Canongate plans a multimedia launch, with an audiobook narrated by Cave and an e-book — featuring a "soundscape" — launching simultaneously.
Ready . . . Aim . . . Fired Up! Judith Fitzgerald 2008
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"Playing music engages the ability to extract relevant patterns, such as the sound of one's own instrument, harmonies and rhythms, from the 'soundscape'," said Professor Kraus.
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"Playing music engages the ability to extract relevant patterns, such as the sound of one's own instrument, harmonies and rhythms, from the 'soundscape'," said Professor Kraus.
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"Playing music engages the ability to extract relevant patterns, such as the sound of one's own instrument, harmonies and rhythms, from the 'soundscape'," said Professor Kraus.
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Teach people to tune in to their soundscapes, and they will understand which sounds to preserve and which to eliminate, then act accordingly.
Why Everything Is Getting Louder Bianca Bosker 2019
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Dr. Lin is not interested in focusing on the song of a singular whale or the clatter of ship traffic, but rather on the habitat’s soundscape — the totality of all its sounds, human, animal and geological — to glean an area’s biodiversity.
bilby commented on the word soundscape
*puts big ears to the task of listening, listening*
September 5, 2008