Listening Exercise: Environmental Sound List

With a notebook (or laptop) in hand, find a public place to sit for a period of ten minutes. As you sit, try to focus in on all the sounds you are hearing. If you feel comfortable doing so, close your eyes. Listen like this for a few minutes, then begin writing down each sound that enters your range of hearing. This should be quick, shorthand list- scribble if you need to! When you have completed 10 minutes of listening, write a short blog post including where & when you listened, and the list of sounds you recorded in your notebook.