The musicality of the urban soundscape: The ice cream vendor’s cry
La musicalidad del paisaje sonoro urbano: El pregón del heladero
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sound communication soundscape urban sound musicality acoustic signal comunicación sonora paisaje sonoro sonido urbano musicalidad señal acústica |
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| Español | |
| Universidad Católica del Uruguay | |
| LIBERI | |
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https://revistas.ucu.edu.uy/index.php/revistadixit/article/view/1492
https://hdl.handle.net/10895/3485 |
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| Sumario: | This paper proposes a debate on the musicality of certain sound events that are part of the urban soundscape. A typical urban occurrence is analyzed: the cry of an ice-cream vendor. Based on a sound excerpt recorded at a popular fair in Montevideo, the features of this sound event are surveyed from different points of view: acoustic, perceptive, and communicational. It is inferred that the ice-cream vendor cry works as a peculiar sound system, and that certain musicality features that characterize it are vital for an effective communication in urban context. This article constitutes a starting point for a further characterization of urban sound expressions in general and for the study of its esthetic and social impact on the urban soundscape. |
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