submitted on Thu, 06/21/2007 - 08:50 in Ecotourism Niche by geko 
- Artist: Andrew
- Title: Ocean Beach and Seagulls, from 'Call of the Ocean'
- Length: 0:40 minutes
- Format: stereo 16kHz 39Kbps
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In nature, different tempos are found in a myriad of natural sources – animal and environmental. Waves immediately come to mind – larger waves repeat in slower, rolling tempo with more bass frequencies. Smaller lake waves lap and lick sand and rocks in a much faster, playful manner. Recording thunder is what brought me into this field. Thunder tends to have a slow repeat time between strikes. Anticipation mounts as the strikes slowly get closer to the listener each time too!
Much has been written about the niche that each species fills or holds in the audio spectrum. The nature of the noises that each species makes is also determined by the function of the noise. For example, long medium pitched sounds will carry further than short, high sounds. This means that the long call of the loon will carry much further than the song of the robin. Species with larger territories (the loon) must be able to communicate over larger distances then those with smaller territories (the robin). If a species in an urban environment finds that its acoustical niche is flooded by human noise, it will often make (we assume permanent) changes to the pitch of its song.
It is my opinion that there is music in the sigh of the wind, the dancing of leaves, the chorusing of crickets, as well as the soliloquy of the songbird. The rhythm of the Dance of Life is created by the music of nature.
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sea again !
sea again !