{"id":800,"date":"2018-10-17T01:52:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T01:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/?p=800"},"modified":"2018-10-17T01:52:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T01:52:04","slug":"space-made-for-sound-or-sound-made-for-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/blog-11\/space-made-for-sound-or-sound-made-for-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Made for Sound or Sound Made for Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

Byrne, <\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Blesser<\/span><\/span> and Salter all discuss how sound and spaces interact. They look at how the sounds are impacted by the space in which they are produced; <\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span> explains this relationship using the term <\/span><\/span>\u201c\u2018<\/span><\/span>catacoustics<\/span><\/span>,\u2019 the study of how sound was instrumentally projected, reflected, dissipated, and otherwise manipulated once it had\u00a0been produced\u201d (<\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span>). While they all agree that the space affects the sound and how one hears the sound, they disagree on if the sound or the space comes first. Byrne, in his <\/span><\/span>TEDTalk<\/span><\/span> says, the \u201cvessel is created first\u201d therefore, the sound, in his example, music, is made for the \u2018vessel\u2019 in which it is being performed. He explains how birds adapt their calls depending on the space which they are living in, and he uses this as a comparison to humans. He says,\u00a0\u201cthe passion, the joy is not mutually exclusive, what the world needs now is for us to realize that we are like the birds. we adapt, we sing, like the bird, the joy is still there even though we have changed what we do to fit the context\u201d (Byrne). For years, artist, from Bach to pop musicians today, adapt to and play for the\u00a0place in which they perform their music. However, <\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span> and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Blesser<\/span><\/span> and Salter think that spaces adapt for the sound. <\/span><\/span>Blesser<\/span><\/span> and Salter discuss the Great Ball Court, which was a large gathering area place surrounded by large stone walls, was considered perfect for a religious leader to preach because his voice was louder, giving him \u201chigher stature and perceived power\u201d (<\/span><\/span>Blesser<\/span><\/span> and Salter). It was said that, \u201cwhispers at one end can be heard at the other end, making it an ideal place for a ceremonial leader to guide the audience\u201d (<\/span><\/span>Blesser<\/span><\/span> and Salter). <\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span> talks about how spaces where changed to fit the sound, draping curtains to dampen echo and change the space\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>catacoustics<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span> explain how <\/span><\/span>\u201cThe Reformation changed the acoustics of existing churches. Graven sounds as well as graven images had to be removed. Clarity of voice rather than fullness became the goal\u201d (<\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span>)<\/span><\/span>. Byrne, <\/span><\/span>Rath<\/span><\/span> and <\/span><\/span>Blesser<\/span><\/span> and Salter highlight different <\/span><\/span>approaches<\/span><\/span> to how sound and space <\/span><\/span>interreact<\/span><\/span>, giving each the reader gaps allowing one to figure out how they think about and interact with space and sound <\/span><\/span>around them.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Byrne, Rath and Blesser and Salter all discuss how sound and spaces interact. They look at how the sounds are impacted by the space in which they are produced; Rath explains this relationship using the term \u201c\u2018catacoustics,\u2019 the study of how sound was instrumentally projected, reflected, dissipated, and otherwise manipulated once it had\u00a0been produced\u201d (Rath). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-blog-11","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":801,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800\/revisions\/801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wri-101c-f18.andrewrippeon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}