Proximity/Infinity

2019 ◽  
pp. 401-418
Author(s):  
Miriama Young
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Vocal Music ◽  
Vocal Production ◽  
Recording Technology ◽  
Recorded Music ◽  
Interior Spaces ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Acoustic Space ◽  
The Voice

This chapter looks at the mediated voice and acoustic space, particularly where the voice in recording occupies small interior spaces, termed pod-music. It surveys a range of recorded vocal music to show ways in which contemporary composition, performance, recording, and production practices exploit the personal listening environment that headphones and mobile listening enable. Not only is our experience of the recorded voice mediated and shaped by the devices on which we record and audition them, but vocal and sound production practice are in turn shaped by these technologies. Further, mediation of recording technology and transmission impacts how we hear the voice as proximal, intimate, or infinite in various contexts. The discussion begins with headphone listening before turning to the creation of recorded music: vocal production, recording, and the aesthetics of postproduction for interior modes of dissemination.

scholarly journals Morphological facilitators for vocal learning explored through the syrinx anatomy of a basal hummingbird

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Monte ◽  
Alexander F. Cerwenka ◽  
Bernhard Ruthensteiner ◽  
Manfred Gahr ◽  
Daniel N. Düring
Keyword(s):  
Sound Production ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Vocal Learning ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Micro Computed Tomography ◽  
Vocal Production ◽  
Precise Control ◽  
Acoustic Space ◽  
Biomechanical Factors ◽  
Intrinsic Musculature

AbstractVocal learning is a rare evolutionary trait that evolved independently in three avian clades: songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds. Although the anatomy and mechanisms of sound production in songbirds are well understood, little is known about the hummingbird’s vocal anatomy. We use high-resolution micro-computed tomography (μCT) and microdissection to reveal the three-dimensional structure of the syrinx, the vocal organ of the black jacobin (Florisuga fusca), a phylogenetically basal hummingbird species. We identify three unique features of the black jacobin’s syrinx: (i) a shift in the position of the syrinx to the outside of the thoracic cavity and the related loss of the sterno-tracheal muscle, (ii) complex intrinsic musculature, oriented dorso-ventrally, and (iii) ossicles embedded in the medial vibratory membranes. Their syrinx morphology allows vibratory decoupling, precise control of complex acoustic parameters, and a large redundant acoustic space that may be key biomechanical factors facilitating the occurrence of vocal production learning.

Valuing your voice

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy D. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
Physical Education ◽  
Sound Production ◽  
Vocal Folds ◽  
Good Argument ◽  
Vocal Production ◽  
Vocal Health ◽  
Large Classes ◽  
Music Ensembles ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Good For

If you have ever contracted laryngitis, you know the value of your voice. You feel fine. You are not contagious. You have much to do. You cannot make a good argument for staying home. Yet teaching without a healthy voice can be hard, hard work. Our voice is our most precious instrument. Do we care for it as if that is true? These five suggestions can help you maintain a healthy voice. 1. Balance of breath and muscle. When vocal sound production is balanced with muscle and breath, we are generally using our voice properly. When more muscle than breath is used, a forced sound causes undue stress on our vocal folds, often resulting in a raspy sound. Support your voice with breath energy to help maintain healthy vocal production. 2. Hydration. Talking for lengthy amounts of time causes us to lose moisture through our breath. Don’t wait until you’re thirsty to drink water. Stay hydrated throughout the day. 3. Avoid touching your face. Our hands are often the germiest parts of our bodies. To maintain a healthy voice, avoid touch­ing your face, especially during cold and flu season. 4. Vary your vocal expression. Variety in pitch, pace, and vol­ume is good for our voices and good for our listeners. Vary the pitch of your voice by shifting between higher and lower tones. Speed up and slow down the pace of your speaking. Speak at louder and quieter volumes to help students listen. 5. Lift your voice. Speaking at the lower part of your vocal range, especially if you are projecting loudly to a group, can cause vocal difficulties similar to a callus on your vocal folds. For the health of your voice, lift it to a medium high range (say “mm- hm” as an agreement and stay at the “hm” level) and speak using plenty of breath energy. The louder we talk, the less students need or want to listen! Try speaking normally rather than “talking over” noisy students; they will learn to respond. In physical education, music ensembles, and other large classes, a habit of shout- speaking can develop and derail your vocal health.

scholarly journals Eavesmining: A Critical Audit of the Amazon Echo and Alexa Conditions of Use

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Neville
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Sound Studies ◽  
Smart Environments ◽  
End User ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Acoustic Space ◽  
Personal Assistants ◽  
The Voice

The emergence of smart speakers and voice-activated personal assistants (VAPAs) calls for updated scrutiny and theorization of auditory surveillance. This paper introduces the neologism and concept of “eavesmining” (eavesdropping + data mining) to characterize a mode of surveillance that operates on the edge of acoustic space and digital infrastructure. In contributing to a sonic epistemology of surveillance, I explain how eavesmining platforms and processes burrow the voice as a medium between sound and data and articulate the acoustic excavation of smart environments. The paper discusses eavesmining in relation to theories of dataveillance, the sensor society, and surveillance capitalism before outlining the potential contributions offered by a theoretical alignment with sound studies literature. The paper centers on an empirical case study of the Amazon Echo and Alexa conditions of use. By conducting a discourse analysis of Amazon’s End User Agreements (EUAs), I provide evidence in support of growing privacy and surveillance concerns produced by Amazon’s eavesmining platform that are obfuscated by the illegibility of the documents.

Creating a farmer sustainability index: A Malaysian case study

1993 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 175-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald C. Taylor ◽  
Zainal Abidin Mohamed ◽  
Mad Nasir Shamsudin ◽  
Mohd Ghazali Mohayidin ◽  
Eddie F.C. Chiew
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
Composite Measure ◽  
Sustainability Index ◽  
Relative Measure ◽  
Synthetic Chemicals ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
On Farm

AbstractIn on-farm studies of sustainable agriculture, farmers often have been classified as sustainable according to their organizational affiliation; self identification; or use or non-use of a particular production practice or input, usually synthetic chemicals. Because this is a great oversimplification, researchers recently have been incorporating several dimensions of sustainability into a composite measure. Typically this is a relative measure of sustainability, with scores assigned by comparing individual farmers' practices to those used by all farmers. In contrast, in the farmer sustainability index (FSI) presented here, practices are scored according to their inherent sustainability. We report on the development of an FSI in a case study involving 33 production practices used by 85 cabbage farmers in Malaysia. We describe its underlying principles, the procedure and rationale for scoring each sustainability item, and the result of combining the constituent items into a composite index.

The Singing Voice in Country Music

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Vander Wel
Keyword(s):  
Country Music ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Singing Voice ◽  
Vocal Production ◽  
Recording Technology ◽  
Vocal Technique ◽  
Singing Style ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich

This chapter offers new insights about the musical and cultural significance of singing styles in country music by contextualizing the details of predominant female vocal approaches within the rich and complex history of southern vernacular singing and by considering, the role of the performing body in relation to the singing voice. Specifically, it takes into account the vocal techniques of Loretta Lynn in relation to the musical conventions of honky tonk singing, the physiological and bodily components of vocal production, and the role of microphone and recording technology. With a chest-dominant vocal technique—amplified by the microphone—Lynn has projected a vocal identity of strength and conviction interpreted as the first working-class feminist voice in country music. This chapter demonstrates that singers such as Kitty Wells, Jean Shepard, and Rose Maddox helped to forge a distinct singing style that had a lasting influence on Lynn’s vocal performances.

scholarly journals Assessing the implementation of Cleaner Production and company sizes: Survey in textile companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 155892502091558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geraldo Cardoso de Oliveira Neto ◽  
Henrricco Nieves Pujol Tucci ◽  
José Manuel Ferreira Correia ◽  
Paulo Cesar da Silva ◽  
Victor Hugo Carlquist da Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management System ◽  
Cleaner Production ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Production Medium ◽  
Test Analysis ◽  
Business Executives ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Reduction Of Emissions ◽  
Production Practices

The adoption of Cleaner Production (CP) consists in taking preventive actions of one or more Cleaner Production practices; the most common are the reduction of emissions, efficient use of water, energy, and reuse of waste. This research identified in the literature 31 Cleaner Production practices and, through a survey in multinational textile industries and verified by specialists, was identified and evaluated the level of implementation of each Cleaner Production practices and link them to small, medium and large companies, so, this was the aim of this research. This study used statistical test analysis of variance. The main results were that small companies are motivated to implement Cleaner Production practices solely to reduce costs, and some small companies do not even know the concept of Cleaner Production. Medium-sized companies receive pressures to implement Cleaner Production practices to develop an environmental management system and participate in the competitive exportation market. In addition, ultimately, large companies have levels of implementation of the Cleaner Production practices significantly higher than small- and medium-sized enterprises due to the need to continually invest in their brand to increase market share. Efficient use of water is a Cleaner Production practice adopted by large- and medium-sized companies. These results enable business executives to perform benchmarking using levels of implementation of Cleaner Production practices according to the company size.

scholarly journals Digital Multivocality and Embodied Language in Theatrical Space

2010 ◽  
pp. 95-114
Author(s):  
Michael Darroch
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Visual Medium ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Theatrical Space ◽  
Embodied Language ◽  
Acoustic Space ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Literate Society ◽  
Digital Sound

Abstract This paper investigates the changing relation of the human voice to theatrical space. Innovations in digital sound technologies are reconfiguring the materiality of the voice and, consequently, the mediality of contemporary theatre. Western theatre, which developed alongside the shift from an oral to a visually-oriented, literate society, has largely remained a visual medium that continually subsumes orality. New media of the 19th and 20th centuries prompted various proposals for a “total theatre,” which generally worked towards removing voice and language from the theatrical environment. Drawing upon the recent multivocal works of Quebec artist Marie Brassard, the author proposes that today’s digital sound technologies are redrawing the possibilities for voice in a theatre that enables, in McLuhan’s terms, the constant “interplay of the senses” within a new acoustic space.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC -PRACTICAL CONFERENCE AS A FORM OF EDUCATION AND OF VOCATIONAL AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS ON PRODUCTION PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY DENTAL STUDENTS

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-80
Author(s):  
Т. Еловикова ◽  
T. Elovikova ◽  
Я. Ещенко ◽  
J. Eschenko
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Scientific Conference ◽  
Preventive Dentistry ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Scientific Practical ◽  
Development Of Students ◽  
Practical Conference

<p>Participate and deliver presentations at the Scientific Conference of dentists at the time of production practices on preventive dentistry helps create conditions for selfeducation, self-realization in professional vocational and personal growth.</p>

scholarly journals SUSTAINABLE NURSERY PRODUCTION PRACTICES EXTENSION PROGRAMS: IPM AND BMP

HortScience ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 499E-499
Author(s):  
Amy Fulcher ◽  
Dava Hayden ◽  
Winston Dunwell
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Extension Programs ◽  
Best Management ◽  
Production Practice ◽  
Nursery Production ◽  
Production Practices ◽  
Precision Fertilization ◽  
Program Components ◽  
Extension Program

The objectives of Kentucky's Sustainable Nursery Production Practices Extension Program are for 1) the Kentucky nursery industry to continue sustained growth and 2) Kentucky growers to produce high quality plants, efficiently use pesticides, be stewards of their land and Kentucky's environment. Sustainable Nursery Program Components are 1) Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Nursery Scouting, Scout Training and Scouting Education for growers, Extension workers, and students; 2) Best Management Practice (BMP) Workshops: BMP VI: Disease Demolition Workshop; 3) Production Practice Demonstration: Pruning Training, Pesticide Handling, and Safety and Environmental Stewartship. 4.) Research: Pruning protocols; Media and media amendments; Precision Fertilization and Irrigation. The Kentucky Nursery Crops Scouting Program scouting guidelines were developed and contained: a weekly scouting/trapping guide; a listing of which pests to look for and on what host plants, and a detailed methodology of precisely how to look for the pest, its damage, and how to record this information such that comparisons could be made across nurseries and seasons.

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