The Tuning of the World

-Keynote sounds can be considered the 'fundamental tone' of the world
-Sounds that have dramatically affected the fundamental tone of the world:
Traffic- depending on speed, density and mass, traffic will create different, constant fundamental tones
-Forestry/Farming- Clearing of forests and flattening of landscape reduces barriers to sound. Sound carries further, less reflection
-Electricity- is an oscillation- it has a set pitch. In America this is 50hz and in the UK it is 60hz. We can hear this almost everywhere we go
-Habitation- Ability to stop hearing sounds as we get used to them
-Familiarity- tactical response to foreign sounds- higher state of alert for unfamiliar sounds
-Proximity- Ability of brain to group similar sounds happening in close proximity together- even if they come from different sources