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They're Coming To Take Me Away: The Difference a Cover Can Make

First released in 1966 as a novelty song by Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels), They're Coming To Take Me Away shot quickly up and then fell off the charts. It was banned after 5 weeks on the radio, when doctors and mental institutions called in saying it "hurt their image" (Mastropolo, The Riff, 2021). Samuels never intended the song to be serious, and knew from it's conception that it was "a sick joke," (Mastropolo, The Riff, 2021). Indeed it is, the song reads as the raving of a spurned ex-lover who was sent to a mental institution post break-up, presumably for the lyrics that indicate he poses a potential danger to himself and/or this other person.

In 2014, American, female-fronted metal band Butcher Babies released a cover of the song on their Sophomore EP, Uncovered. This cover was performed in their own style of thrash metal, rather than seeking to emulate the original (Scavieli, Classic Rock History, 2016). What's so fascinating to me about this, is how drastically different the cover is from the original, and how that changes the air and mood of the song, while still conveying the core feeling of a dangerous ex-lover.

For reference, the original song has no melody at all. There is a cadence to the phrasing of the lyrics, but they are spoken. Samuels did also use a Variable Frequency Oscillator (VFO) to change the pitch and resonance of his voice, and add an echo to punctuate the end of certain lines (Mastropolo, The Riff, 2021). Other than the vocal line, the only instruments are a steady, looped snare drum, tambourine hits, and a siren effect. This extremely bare bones track feels like Napoleon XIV is talking to you, the listener as if you were the ex. It is personal and creepy, like he left a distorted voicemail on your phone. The tone of voice used in this version also has a Joker-like calmness to it. It's sing-songy and oddly punctuated, but he's not yelling at you (mostly). It's not anger, it's a quiet possessiveness and hatred.

The Butcher Babies cover could not be sonically more different. Thrash metal (or thrash) as a subgenre is typically defined by quick tempos and heavy, repetitive drum patterns (Metal Fandom Wiki). It is generally described within the scene as "heavy", which honestly is probably the best word for it. It tends to be aggressive sounding and loud, with visceral lyrics, pounding musical underlines, and harsh vocals. Butcher Babies are no exception in general and on this record. Where the original has no melody, and sparse instrumentation, this version has a full metal band, with drums, bass guitar, electric guitar, and two vocalists.

Interestingly, vocalists Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey still avoid true singing, opting to speak and scream the lyrics. Though this decision is in line with the Napoleon XIV track, the tone of voice used by Shepherd and Harvey when whispering or speaking, and the inclusion of harsh vocals conveys an entirely different energy. In this version, there it is no longer the detached, vaguely ominous, creepy clown smiling at you while they threaten your life vibe. This oscillates between giddy, Harley Quinn-type madness and anger. But its still personal, it's still a threat, just now in a more "grab you by the throat and listen to me" way, to use Scavieli's phrasing. In a way though, it does feel less personal, less directed at the listener, and more directed at some undefined "you" as is the case in other songs. The presence of a full band makes it feel more like a song or a performance than a creepy voicemail.

While there is (to my knowledge) no mechanical vocal oscillation, in the Butcher Babies' version, Shepherd and Harvey do make use of different tones of voice, dynamics, and pitches to similar effect. However, instead of being used to enhance the sense of madness, here it feels like it is used to detail the progression of the narrative. It starts as a whisper, like it's a secret or spoken to themselves, then it builds to a normal volume, and eventually they are screaming at the top of their lungs. At this point they are impassioned, angry, and completely off the rails. Tonally, they switch between accusatory, pointed speech, sarcasm, and drawn out, almost whiny notes. There is a range of emotions the speaker is experiencing, and they can't control them. It's like they can't make up their mind about how they feel towards the ex-lover, and everything is crashing over them at once.

Additionally in this version, there is the isolation of the line "To the fucking funny farm," which does not exist in the original. While it is a lyrical moment, it being singled out forces the listener to focus on that one phrase. All of the underlying music cuts out too, and it is abrupt coming off of the whirlwind chaos of the preceding bridge, and immediately followed by the full band coming back in full swing. I can almost see the big wind up of people in the mosh pit getting ready to jump and headbang as soon as the beat drops.

Speaking of the bridge, there is another break in the music preceding it, which is filled in by laughs and heavy breaths punctuated by rapid triplets of chord and drum hits that could be akin to rapid-fire gunshots. It tells the listener there's a big drop coming. It builds to this with a series of 3 on-beat chords followed by another 3 chords played all on the last beat (as a triplet I think), which reads as 1, 2, 3, 4&a. This leads nicely into the next measure/line, because that "a" is a very unstable place to be, and as such leaves the listener waiting, itching for the drop that starts the bridge.

Butcher Babies keep the steady, driving rhythm in their cover, but give it to the guitar instead of a snare drum, and punctuate the down beats with the bass drum. The instruments change pattern and dynamics to better emphasize various aspects of the vocals, like suspending the riff at the end of certain lines and holding out a note/chord instead, or ramping up during the chorus and bridge. Where the original is unrelenting with the exception of a few pauses, regardless of what the lyrics or sirens are doing, the cover interrupts the steady "dun, da da da da dun, da da da da dun,..." with down stroked power chords, and a full switch in strumming pattern and chords at the bridge.

It's fascinating to me how much difference a few decisions can make in the vibe and reception of a song. And perhaps more fascinating how despite those differences it is a) still recognizable as a cover of the original and b) carries some of the same emotions and sense of peril. Whether you prefer the original calm uneasiness, or the Butcher Babies' full throttle break, I hope you can appreciate the sonic qualities of both, as I do. A Happy Halloween to you all!

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[tjmystic]

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#but i'd rather post about stupid celebrity drama than fixate on the hell hole that is this country

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I do NOT have time for this, so someone else, PLEASE adopt this fic idea. I need to read it.

I’m talking a Steddie Bodyguard!AU.

Eddie is a famous rockstar receiving mysterious death threats from a stalker (yes, it’s Jason) who thinks his music is an actual conduit for Satan, Steve is the bodyguard hired to protect him, and they absolutely despise each other. Until they don’t.

Also including Hopper as Steve's "dad" who lets them use his safe house to hide in, Robin as Steve's partner in the CIA/FBI/whatever organization you want him to be a part of, and Dustin who assigned himself as the tech analyst for the case cause he's such a big fan of Eddie's.

They can be complete strangers, they can have history from having gone to the same high school, I do not care, I just need this story to exist.

If you need further inspiration, behold this dude playing “I Have Nothing” on the electric guitar, and this other dude playing “I Will Always Love You”. Now tell me you don’t want this.

112 notes - Posted October 21, 2022

#4

Shoutout to Jonathan for STILL being the only member of the main cast not to go into the Upside Down.

122 notes - Posted July 6, 2022

#3

No but we totally should have gotten a moment where Eddie meets Jonathan and Argyle and is like, “Fucking finally, I love these kids, but I need a smoke, man.” And you just KNOW that Steve would be jealous about it. So cue him watching the three of them walk off together (and not just, you know, joining in, even though we all know he’s smoked weed before, too) and muttering under his breath:

Steve: Oh, great, somebody ELSE is leaving me for Jonathan Byers. Perfect. Jonathan’s all punk and stuff, and that’s basically the same thing as metal. He likes that band The Crack or whatever. He isn’t some rich loser who had everything handed to him. Yeah, Eddie probably loooooooves Jonathan, with his normal hair and his art stuff and his ability to beat people up and his weed-dealing best friend named after a sock and—

Robin: ... 0_o... are you okay, Steve? Also, are you talking about The Clash?

Steve: *bangs head on desk* Now YOU’RE gonna leave me for Byers, too!

133 notes - Posted July 21, 2022

#2

Can we collectively want to murder Kanye without turning it into an anti-Black thing? This isn't Black people vs. Jewish people. This is one Nazi fuckhead who needs the shit kicked out of him and who happens to be Black.

656 notes - Posted December 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but I love that he's making the same face here. It's so precious and fond c:

1,960 notes - Posted September 8, 2022

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[shakaxmoon]

a half moon ~ PortVene week 2021

so I stumbled upon this pairing here on tumblr and thought they would be cute together, so I decided to contribute with a little something, since there’s so little fanfic for them. This is my humble entry for PortVeneweek 2021. I love Portugal and I love N. Italy so naturally this seemed like a ship! It’s the beginning of a perhaps 3-chapter coffeeshop AU. Featuring cute Iberian bros because they’re a delight to write. 

here is the AO3 link, for anyone interested. 

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day 5: free day / AU 

a half moon 

“Would you mind helping out a little bit?”, Afonso sighs from behind the counter. His brother is lazing off, as usual.

These days Antonio entertains himself with a guitar he found in an antique fair; it’s a good one, Afonso noticed when he first brought it home. The wood is solid and the craftsmanship is quality, just like they’re used to.

They both love music and have a soft spot for guitars in particular (acoustic, not electric , thank you). But everything has its time and place, and while he is more than happy to practice during his breaks and days off, Antonio is so in love with his new toy that he can’t be away from it for more than ten minutes at a time. Afonso loves his playing, obviously, since he is wicked talented, but seriously, it’s a Friday afternoon and the cafe is brimming with clients; Antonio ought to maybe think of all the hard work his brother has to take on because of him.

“Did you hear that? Listen, listen” Antonio says with a smile, fingers in position. The soft impeccable  strumming fills the kitchen for the up-tenth time that day. Afonso rolls his eyes, but can’t avoid the smile forming in his lips.

“I did, brother. But seriously, I could use some help. It’s too busy today”, he sighs. “I’ll give you a day off tomorrow if you work hard now.”

“You would do that?”

“Well, you’ve had more days off than it’s probably legal at this point…” he scratches his forehead. “But it’s a promise.”

“Alright!” Antonio chirps, leaving the kitchen to put down the guitar. It’s too precious, it can’t just stand there being poisoned by the strong kitchen fumes and the smell of oil and fried pastries.

The chime from the door echoes above the roaring conversation in the cafe. “Ah, just great” , Afonso sighs as he watches another group of tourists entering the already packed room. He makes his way to them and puts on his best five-star-customer-service face.

As he takes the orders from the nordic tourists (they’re all blonde and blue eyed and incredibly tall, so he filled that blank in his head), he quickly scans the cafe for any customer that still hasn’t placed an order. His eyes fall on a hunched man sitting by the window with his back to the room. There’s nothing on his table except for a pencil case and what seems to be a palette of solid watercolours. He must be drawing something.

Afonso writes down the orders and excuses himself with a smile, going behind the counter to pour the tourists five beers.

“Antonio, the blondes over there ordered a tabla of tapas. Here are the beers they ordered, you can take them.”

“Thank goodness, that’s something I can do!” Antonio isn’t too good with pouring beer and brewing coffee, but he’s happy to help in whatever way he can (but he’s still wistfully thinking of the guitar sitting sadly in the upstairs room waiting for him). “Leave it to me.”

Now that he’s freed of his duties, he can finally ask the man sitting by the window what he’d like to order.

He approaches him from behind, knowing that with all the noise in the cafe he won’t hear him. The man is hunched over what seems to be a sketchbook, his artistic supplies scattered all over the tabletop. Afonso wants to get closer to see what he’s drawing. The man’s brown hair, glowing red in the sunlight, is like a thick curtain, hiding what he’s doing. Afonso quickly looks over his shoulder to see if anyone needs the waiter, but thankfully everyone is too engrossed in conversation and appreciating their drinks to bother him.

He inches a little closer, thankful that sun is coming from the window so his shadow isn’t cast over the customer, denouncing his presence, and tries to peer over the man’s shoulder.

What he sees paralyzes him, and his eyes fling open like they’d been lit on fire: it’s a complete sketch of the cafe, doodled in very hurried but expressive brown lines, with some parts coloured here and there. He’s immediately enamoured by the sight; in all the years he’s had the cafe, he’d never seen anyone choose to draw it, except for the architecture students who apparently had heard from a professor about the beautiful 1950’s modernist architecture. Afonso has watched them draw on occasion, but they’re more concerned with proportions and perspective than with transmitting emotion. Which is what the man is doing here.

It’s breathtaking.

The man is going for the yellow in the palette now, wetting his brush in a small cup of coffee that he’d replaced with water. So he had already ordered…

But he still wants to congratulate the stranger for the delightful work he’s producing. They might just gain a loyal customer (and perhaps a painting to hang on the wall amidst the old photographs).

“That’s beautiful, what you’re doing there.” He smiles. The man is startled and looks up at him with big amber eyes. Afonso is taken aback by the rays of sunlight that illuminate his iris, bestowing his eyes with an unnatural glow.

“I hadn’t noticed anyone there!” Afonso furrows his brow as something that sounds like a shriek exits the man’s lips. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m just…”

“It’s alright”, Afonso’s smile widens. He wants to put a hand on his shoulder to tell him that he’s not on the defensive, but refrains, it would be inappropriate after all. “I love it, it’s wonderful. You’re very talented.”

“T-thank you…”

“Are you an art student?” he asks, curiosity getting the best of him.

“No, no, nothing like that. I just like to doodle in my free time! I’m not very good, but I have fun!”, the man smiles but he sounds apologetic; too apologetic for Afonso’s taste. He likes to think he knows talent when he sees it.

“None of that not very good shit”, Afonso says. “You’re amazing. Give yourself credit.” His smile softens.

The man nods, looking like he’s furrowing deeper into his shoulders. He looks a little embarrassed. Afonso stands there looking at him; his amber eyes that look up at the Portuguese seem as breathtaking as his artwork. The man gives a small smile in response, they both don’t know what to say.  

He clears his throat. “Would you like to order something?”

The man seems intimidated; Afonso thinks it’s best to correct himself, so he doesn’t come off as one of those grumpy cafe owners that will practically bully their non-paying customers.

“Oh it’s fine if you don’t, don’t worry. You can stay as long as you want.”

The man’s smile widens and he nods his head. “I… I would like an espresso and... one of those things that look like fried half-moons.”

Afonso laughs. “You mean the rissoles?”

“Maybe?” The man gives a yellow smile. Afonso raises his eyebrow: could the man be a foreigner? The cafe is a popular hotspot for tourists, after all. And it would explain why he’d never seen him there before.

“You’re not from around here, are you?” Afonso chuckles. The man’s face is tinted a soft shade of red.

“Sorry, no” he blinks. “I’m Italian.”

“Welcome to Portugal, ah…”

“Feliciano!” he chirps.

“...Feliciano. We’re happy to have you. I hope you like it.” Afonso can’t help but smile again at the man’s naïve personality. It fills his heart with warmth. (That, and he’s got a beautiful musical voice. He thinks Antonio would like him.)

“Oh yes, it’s a very beautiful country! I’ve just come to Lisbon with my brother because we need to sign some papers for Nonno’s business. Some of our suppliers are Portuguese and they requested a meeting. But we’re also having a little holiday, since the beaches here are so nice.”

Afonso wonders why the man is so eager to engage in conversation. Why he volunteers more information than would be necessary. It’s interesting to him because he’s so different. Well, he supposes it makes some sense. A tourist is always happy to indulge, and Afonso really is too closed-off. At least that’s what Antonio usually tells him.

“Well, Feliciano, I’ll leave you to your muses.” He excuses himself with a small pat on Feliciano’s shoulders, who really didn’t seem to mind it after all. “Be right back.”

Afonso smiles all the way to the counter, his mouth stretching in a way he’s not used to lately. The blood rushes to his head as he makes the espresso and he fumbles a bit with the coffee machine.

“Damn it”, he curses. He had been too flustered to keep his mind on making the perfect espresso which he prides himself of. He tosses out the coffee and makes another; thankfully this one is better.

“There you go”, he sets the cup and plate with the “fried half moon” down on the table (remembering the peculiar wording makes him smile a little bit).

“Thank you, thank you. What is this, by the way?” Feliciano asks pointing at the the rissole.

“Well, it’s very basic. It’s just a flour paste that you roll over, flatten and fill with meat or shrimp. Vegetables too, but that’s more recent. Then you add some breadcrumbs and fry it. Pretty easy, you can do it at home no problem. This one is meat since it’s usually what we have on demand… Crap, you’re not vegetarian, are you?”

“Oh no, it’s fine! Let’s try it.” Feliciano says with a bright smile. Afonso watches expectantly as he takes a bite.  “Vee, it’s so good! Wow!”

Afonso scratches his head, a little flustered, closing his eyes. “Ah, I’m happy you like it”, he smiles again. “You can take some if you want.”

It was so easy to smile in the company of the Italian man.

And he was about to offer him free pastries too, so he knew something wasn’t adding up. Could it be…?

Afonso shakes his head to brush off the daydream. He looks around at the cafe, noticing that two other tables are waiting for someone to come take their order. He frowns as he scans the room and doesn’t find Antonio anywhere in sight.

“That little shit”, he utters. “Enjoy your snack, Feliciano. I have more customers and my brother decided to sneak out again just in time for happy hour.”

Feliciano nods happily and thanks him for the service. Afonso wonders if he’ll still be there when he’s done with the customers. Work always comes first. At least it has to, for someone .

“Antonio!” he calls, flunging the doors open. “Where did you go? It’s happy hour, you good-for-nothing lazy shit!”

“He’s in the bathroom, Afonso” one of the kitchen staff replies, hoping his boss isn’t too mad.

“Oh”, Afonso did not expect that. His raised hands fall to the sides of his body as he hears the sound of the toilet flushing. Antonio comes out of the door with his sleeves rolled back, patting his wet hands on his trousers.

“Were you looking for me?” Antonio grins. “I’m not giving up the chance of a day off today! I’ll toil like I’ve never toiled before! You’ll bear witness to the most hard-working day in the history of Antonio Carriedo! ”

“Then explain why there are two tables waiting for service, idiot.” Afonso glares at him. Antonio puts his hands up.

“Oh I saw you there, so I thought you’d take care of them” he explains. His brother is acting a bit aloof today, Antonio notices. “But worry not, my brother, I’ll get them!”

“No, it’s fine. I was distracted” Afonso sighs. “You take one and I’ll take the other.”

“You, distracted? Did I hear that right?” Antonio gives him a suspicious once-over, a daring smile in his lips.

“Get to work.”

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[anyways-wonderwall]

The Eurovision Special!!

Starting in 2017, I've listened to all the songs in Eurovision every year and anxiously awaited the winner. It started from my desire to listen to more and more foreign music, although I found that maybe this wasn't the best avenue for that as most of the songs are just pop music in English. Even though I only really like 2 songs every year I still keep coming back for more, and was actually really sad when there was no contest last year, which led me to go all in for this one.

I am a sucker for grading things via a spreadsheet, and for this I graded each song on a scale from 1-10 on the singer, song, catchiness, and performance. There was also a bonus category which is where I gave points if I actually liked the song or if it wasn't in English. This means that while generally the songs with a higher score I like more, that's not always the case (oh and the notes were my way of remembering what each song sounded like since there were so many). Well, without further ado, here are my top 5 songs of Eurovision 2021.

5) Belgium- The Wrong Place by Hooverphonic

Score: 25/40

Notes: “I actually really like this one, and the singer hit low notes really well”

Final ranking: 19th

Hooverphonic are among the oldest artists in the competition and you can hear that they know what they're doing. A lot of Eurovision songs are just in your face trying to make something memorable. This song is very low key and clear that they set out to make something that was good above anything else. The vocals are very very smooth and give the song a haunting feeling, and I'm a sucker for a good guitar part.

Most of the songs have both a performance video and a music video, so I just went with whatever was linked on the Eurovision website to give everyone a fair shot. For this song it was the music video, which I also really liked. Like the song it didn't try to be in your face, it told a story, and had some nice shock value to it that wasn't heavy handed.

4) The Netherlands- Birth of a New Age by Jeangu Macrooy

Score: 32/40

Notes: “people hurt and children dying people dying”

Final Ranking: 23rd

Okay the fact that this song didn't place that high is a federal crime because it is so freaking good. What I wrote in the notes is a reference to that one Black Eyed Peas song that I can never remember the lyrics to but this song has the same vibe as that. It's uplifting with a chorus that makes you feel like you belong, something that I didn't know I missed hearing in music.

What I think is especially interesting about this song is the clear African influence you can hear it in. The artist is from South America though, so it is fascinating to see all these cultures mix and then be presented in a European song competition. I think a LOT of focus was put this year on immigrants, with many of the contests having grown up in another country or being first generation. I really hope that trend continues because it led to a huge variety of songs this year and I liked them more than ever before.

3) Portugal- Love is on My Side by The Black Mamba

Score: 33/40

Notes: “Perfect score until he picked up the guitar”

Final Ranking: 12th

Okay this song is so so so good. The singer has a really unique voice and his live performance sounded just as good as a recording. It's wonderfully low key with some nice acoustic guitars and even a French horn solo. A French Horn! This song sounds timeless and I absolutely love it for that.

Now here is the only bad thing I have to say about it. In the performance video right at the end the singer picks up the electric guitar next to him to play the solo at the end. Fine right? Well he didn't have a strap on the guitar. My first thought was “is this mad lad actually about to play a solo like that?” but I was wrong because he totally just pretended to play the solo. It was so obvious that he wasn't actually playing it that it hurt. Just why would you do that. Why.

2) Iceland- 10 Years by Daði Freyr

Score: 38/40

Notes: “Dude it keeps getting better”

Final Ranking: 4th

Okay there is not a single bad thing I can possibly say about this song. It's infectious, it has a killer synth part, a keytar solo, it makes you want to groove, there's a choir, it's Scandinavian, and they even made their own dance for it. Everyone performing this song seems like they are just genuinely having a good time and watching both the performance and the music video makes anyone smile. I keep finding myself listening to this song over and over again and if you listen to anything on this list I really hope it is this one.

1)Italy- Zitti E Buoni by Måneskin

Score: 36/40

Notes: “Mi favorito”

Final Ranking: First!!

Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in Eurovision history my favorite band won the whole thing. I don't think you understand how crazy this is. Usually the song that wins is unlistenable or at least very annoying. For the first time in a while actual talent won and I am beyond shocked. Maybe they needed a year off to think about what good music is. Whatever it took I am so glad that this song is getting the recognition it deserves.

So this one really doesn't fit the description of an average Eurovision song. It's hard rock with the whole song in Italian. The music video is gritty and all of the people in the band are the kids that would be deemed a “bad influence". I have no idea how this even made the cut for Eurovision truthfully. But I'm so glad it did.

The musicianship? Amazing. The vocals? Incredible. The lyrics? Well I know just enough Italian to know that they are about society seeing them as crazy and different. I love this song so much I think I'm going to listen to this entire group's discography, so you may see them in future reviews.

While Eurovision took a year off and devastated the world, I think this year definitely makes up for it. There was a much greater variety of genres this year and I don't think a rock song like this has ever won. I think now they're finally living up to their motto of “celebrating diversity".

(In case you're wondering, my least favorite songs were from Cyprus, Ukraine, and Ireland. All of them are completely unlistenable imo)

#eurovision #eurovision 2021 #maneskin #music review #music recommendation

[matthewjrolin]

Matthew J. Rolin “The Dreaming Bridge”

Coming 2021 on Feeding Tube Records.

1.) Pinhole (3:32)

2.) Hallucinations ft. Patrick Shiroishi (8:23)

3.) Weeping Willow (4:08)

4.) Drown (6:45)

5.) When I Could See ft. Jen Powers (4:12)

6.) Moonlight (3:26)

7.) 10:30 AM (4:07)

8.) Backyard Blues (4:27)

9.) Bells (7:38)

10.) The Dreaming Bridge (20:06)

“We are living in something of a golden age of fingerstyle guitarists. This glut can be both a blessing and a curse, as it becomes increasingly difficult for even the most discerning of fans to distinguish one player from the next, however capable these players might be.

It is always a pleasure, then, to hear the ways in which the braver and brighter guitarists re-think the tradition from the ground up and recast it in their own image. Enter guitarist Matthew J. Rolin, who plays as if he was born with a dreadnought in his hands. The Ohio-based guitarist’s artistic leaps in recent years are rivaled only by those of Daniel Bachman, another once-precocious player formerly in the John Fahey / Jack Rose mold who has over the years transcended the idiom to create his own singular, deeply personal music. Rolin’s latest LP, the double album The Dreaming Bridge, makes similar strides.

For many practitioners of this style, the first and perhaps most challenging feat is to escape the gargantuan shadow of Fahey. Some do this by adding other instruments or field recordings to their DADGAD ruminations; some opt to play electric. Of course, Fahey did all of those things, too. Better still to have not been directly influenced by Fahey in the first place: Rolin’s initial embrace of the acoustic guitar was inspired not by Fahey himself, but rather by Fahey-influenced guitarists like polymath Jim O’Rourke and trickster prodigy Ryley Walker.

This vicarious influence is exemplified by Rolin’s distinctive, at times irreverent approach to guitar soli. While the influence of Walker’s nimble 12-string probing is evident on tunes like Rolin’s impressionistic “10:30 AM,” and while the guitarist’s patiently unfolding, contemplative “Weeping Willow” indeed recalls O’Rourke’s masterpiece Happy Days, Rolin remains very much his own man, with his own idiosyncratic approach. This is clear from the first notes of The Dreaming Bridge’s opening track “Pinhole,” which introduces Rolin’s affinity for shimmering, almost choral, reverb, the effect doubling as a compositional element. Similarly, on the overtone-rich “Drown,” Rolin’s virtuosic playing is practically a duet with its own echo, an effect deployed not to obscure, but to buoy. This deep attention to atmosphere serves a crucial function on The Dreaming Bridge, which sparkles throughout with a strident, Zen-like focus

Then there are the tunes themselves. Terrific tunes! Like William Tyler—another possible influence—Rolin, despite largely working from the necessarily limited palette of instrumental solo guitar music, thinks like a songwriter. This more traditional approach can be heard on tracks like “Moonlight” and “Backyard Blues” which follow a compositional logic complete with verses and choruses. Rolin performs these compositions beautifully; as a player he is dexterous and dynamic, with a light and agile touch reminiscent of early Will Ackerman or Alex De Grassi.

Album highlight “Hallucinations” features saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi’s keening, double tracked reed work, which at times simulates the sound of a two violins playing cat and mouse between the stereo channels. Rolin wisely cedes center stage to Shiroishi for the track’s first third, supplying gently supportive arpeggios beneath, before the sax fades and Rolin responds. There is something about the unexpected combination of sax and acoustic guitar—not exactly easy bedfellows—that brings to mind both postmodern chamber ensemble Entourage and progressive new age pluralists Shadowfax.

Rolin is joined by partner and collaborator Jen Powers on the meditative and marvelous “When I Could See,” a painterly duet for two dulcimers (one Appalachian, one hammered) that is as rich and transporting as their excellent duo LP released last year.

“Bells” (not an Albert Ayler cover), a tone poem for singing bowls, crickets, water, and the ringing of various small bells, eventually gives way to the massive sidelong title track. Structured a bit like a canon, “The Dreaming Bridge” inventively and somewhat impishly simulates aspects of post-Takoma guitar music using some unlikely tools: electric guitar, a looper, and various fuzz and distortion pedals. Note the way the tube-rattling distorted guitar begins substituting for the reverberating whole notes that would typically be the job of the thumb in a traditional Travis picking tune. The sidelong piece, its mood somewhere between apocalyptic and oddly triumphal, gradually builds and crests for over 15 minutes before its waves of stoner tumult and slo-mo tremolo twang begin to recede. We are left with nearly three full minutes of the sound of rushing water cascading from rain gutters. It’s as if the guitarist, satisfied with the web he has just spun, has placed his instrument in its case and has stopped to listen to that other music all around us, and invites us to do the same. You’d be wise to accept this challenge, but not before listening to The Dreaming Bridge, an early candidate for one of 2021’s best guitar records, and Rolin’s finest work to date. Keep two eyes on this guy.” - James Toth

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Ranking Vampire Weekend’s Recent Singles (This Life/Unbearably White EP)

Vampire Weekend’s first album in almost 6 years comes out in less than a month, and I’m extremely excited. I’ve been a huge Vampire Weekend fan for a while now, and because of that, I’ve been closely keeping up with their recent releases. And while I’m still gonna be doing the Madness brackets (next Madness post is Frank Ocean), I wanted to take a quick break to rank the 6 latest Vampire Weekend tracks. Keep in mind, I love all of these songs but I definitely have favorites among them, so without further ado, let’s go!

6. Big Blue

For me, Big Blue is the worst of the recent singles for a couple reasons. First, I’m not a huge fan of the guitar tones on this track; they’re just a little too twangy for my taste. I also don’t love the kind of eerie choral sounds in the background toward the end. Finally, it’s just the same verse 4 times, so lyrically, it doesn’t offer much. However, I love the electric piano melody at the beginning and end of the track, and Ezra’s vocals are solid, as usual. Maybe in the context of the full album, this song will fit better, but right now, it’s my least favorite of the recently released songs.

RATING: 5.5/10

5. This Life

I like this track for the first two minutes and 40 seconds or so, but then it kinda gets a little old for me. I love the upbeat instrumental, and Danielle Haim provides some awesome backing vocals throughout the chorus and verse 2. However, the main reason I don’t like this track as much compared to the other recent singles is because of the background vocals with heavy vibrato effects (especially prominent in the outro, in case that was a dumb way of wording it). Also, melodically, it’s not super interesting; to me, the instrumental can’t really support the full length of the song, so it drags a little toward the end. Still, a pretty solid track. (Also the chorus interpolates iLoveMakonnen, which is pretty cool.)

RATING: 6.5/10

4. Unbearably White

One thing that’s been true for most of the recent singles is that the guitar licks and melodies are very impressive, and that’s certainly true for Unbearably White. The opening lick is infectious and sticks with you long after the song’s ended. I also love the lyrical content of this song, especially the “unbearably” theme. One of the things I love about Vampire Weekend, in general, is that their lyrics really lend themselves to being analyzed, which wasn’t really the case for This Life or Big Blue, but is definitely the case here. What avalanche? What “unbearably bold” story? Aren’t “bright” and “smart” the same? (You get the picture.) This song drags a little at the end for me as well, but not as much as This Life, so that’s why I like it a little better. Another solid track.

RATING: 7.3/10

3. 2021

2021 is awesome in how understated it is. The lyrics are simple yet potent, and the synth that the song is based around reminds me of the end credits theme to an old Nintendo game. Also, the guitar solo in the middle is really sweet and well put-together. Honestly, I don’t have a huge amount to say about this track (I’m like 95% sure it’ll be sort of an interlude on the full album), but there’s something about it that’s just inviting to me. Ezra Koenig isn’t doing anything extreme here, the structure of the song isn’t groundbreaking, but the song just sounds good. 

RATING: 7.5/10

2. Harmony Hall

This song will always have a special place in my heart. This was the first song we’d heard from Vampire Weekend in nearly 6 years, and it did (and does) not disappoint. Again, the guitar riff on this song is amazing, and the way the song is written is a masterclass in song structure; the buildup from verse to chorus the pullback to the bridge, re-building to the final chorus...incredible. The lyrics are quotable and interesting, and best of all for me, the last line of the chorus was taken from their 2013 song, “Finger Back”: “I don’t wanna live like this, but I don’t wanna die.” It’s an absolutely amazing line that encapsulates so much. This song is the longest of the recent singles, with a runtime of over 5 minutes, but you can barely tell: Harmony Hall is that enjoyable, all the way through.

RATING: 8.5/10

1. Sunflower

When I first heard Sunflower, I definitely didn’t think I would like it as much as I do. It was, at the time, the first Vampire Weekend song with a guest vocalist, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. But after a couple listens, it quickly became one of my favorite songs of not just the recent singles, but of Vampire Weekend’s whole discography. Here, Vampire Weekend again does a lot with a little: the drum pattern throughout the track is crisp and sparse, the entirety of the song revolves around a scalar guitar riff (another hit!), and the song is to the point, with a tight runtime of just 2 minutes and 18 seconds. When I think of this song, one word comes to mind: “fun”. This song is fun to sing along with, to listen to, to dance to, to play (even though I’m not good at it), etc. There’s an almost anthemic quality to the half-melodic, half-shouted lyrics. This song is definitely the one I come back to the most out of the 6 singles, and I love it a lot.

RATING: 9/10

Vampire Weekend’s new album, Father of the Bride, comes out on May 3rd, and these 6 tracks are some of the main reasons why I’m so absolutely excited for that to happen.

OVERALL RATING: 7.4/10

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The March of Time

I wrote a similar post months and months ago about what’s been lost with the march forward in time.  To sum it up...craftsmanship.  That’s what’s been lost.  Touches that let you know a human made this guitar, not some machine mindlessly stamping out a product that may or may not be decent.

Today, I’m going to focus this picture heavy post on two guitar makers that...when I was growing up...were historically important mainstays.  And highlight how two venerable brands are nothing more than just that...a brand.

Forget these companies’ histories, forget the craftsmanship and craftsmen that made them what they were...just take the logo, font and other characteristics and let Chinese slaves do the rest.

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GUILD

Growing up...well, I guess this is still the same today...you had Gibson and Fender, with Paul Reed Smith nipping at the heels.  This is broadly speaking, but still good benchmarks regarless of what genre you dive into.

If you were a jazz or blues player in the 1960′s and 70′s...but couldn’t afford a Gibson...not only was Guild your place, but Guilds were guitars that had a reputation for being plowhorses.  If Gibsons feel like driving a Cadillac, Guilds are like driving a Buick.  Boxier, clumsier, a bumpier ride, less classy...but rock solid and dependable.

Guild is best known for their acoustic guitars, where they’re...again...a workman’s alternative to the big dog Martin.  Pretty much in any comparison, a Guild is going to be less comfortable to play, less stylish and likely to garner any attention...but it will get you through anything.

If you’re looking for a modern player who played Guilds, I’m willing to bet you’ve heard this guy.

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Guild’s flagship model...up until the early 2000′s...was the Artist Award.  This guitar was a Gibson-style Cadillac, and could hang with every phenomenal vintage or boutique jazz box ever made.  And you could get these at a reasonable price point, given the craftsmanship involved ($4k new vs. $6,500+).

They varied a bit throughout the years, but stayed consistent enough as you’d expect from a flagship.  First made in house, later they were contracted out to one of the greatest luthiers of the 20th century, Bob Benedetto.

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Today, a lot of Guilds are still made in the USA, with a caveat...they really only make money off acoustics.  All of their great hollowbody electrics from the 60′s are a thing of the past, leaving just more Chinese crap the world doesn’t need.

You’ll see this trend too when we talk about the next company, but it’s a pretty predictable story...

Established second-tier company with long history and recognizable brand

Company lags behind competitors as used supply of legacy brands eclipses demand for new supply of second-tier brands

New ownership comes in and cuts costs while over leveraging the company

Former stable, established company now bargain bin with a now toxic brand name

All those beautiful woods cost A LOT of money.  We’re not just talking acquisition here either...storage is very costly both in terms of real estate and climate control.  If these woods warp, crack or turn dead...you’re talking relatively sizeable blanks of high-end wood that’s gotta get tossed.

Then you talk about the craftsmen and the cost there.  All those older guitars were made by lifers, dudes who had been with the company for decades and decades.  It’s much cheaper to just export manufacturing overseas, using less quality woods.

But that’s a lot of compromises you’re asking your customers to make.  So how best to cover up these cost cutting measures?  Gaudy opaque paint finishes!  Proprietary hardware that looks like a Bigsby...but isn’t!  You won’t notice us using rosewood instead of ebony...because if you WOULD notice, you wouldn’t have bought this guitar in the first place!

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Here’s Guild’s replacement for the Artist Award.  It actually does have an ebony fretboard, but we’ll highlight the cost cutting after the pics.

All right, lets do this...we’ll go in order of this section’s pictures.

Cost Cut #1 - Laminated maple instead of solid.  Solid woods don’t necessarily sound better than laminate...when amplified. Acoustically, it’s night and fucking day.  Guitars with floating pickups like these are all about the acoustic sound...this is like the difference between USDA Prime and beef they send to prisons in terms of sound.

Cost Cut #2 - 3-piece mahogany neck (with a maple stripe) instead of solid maple.  I mean, just look at this fucking older-version neck and tell me that ugly ass mahogany is a better choice.

Cost Cut #3 - Plastic pickguard and proprietary pickup.  Those old DeArmond pickups were garbage back in the day, and garbage now.  Compare this to Bob Benedetto winding his own goddamned pickups for Guild barely two decades ago.  It’s also way easier and cheaper to make plastic pickguards than hand carving them out of a blank of ebody.

Cost Cut #4 - The tailpiece.  First pic is the traditional one, second is the gold-plated stamped steel that they changed to.  Savings here are obvious.

Cost Cut #5 - Less binding, and in some cases (like the headstock) getting rid of it entirely.  Binding costs money and it costs manhours...it’s purely for aesthetics, so they just decided to ditch it entirely.

Cost Cut #6? - So they say ebony fretboard, but when you look at the pics, it’s obviously rosewood.  Ebony can be brownish with some grain, but it’s typically not.  And it CERTAINLY doesn’t have the deep pitted grain of rosewood, like you see in all the goddamned pics.  I legit don’t believe that this is an ebony fretboard...at least not on the model they used for pics.  Really weird.

Anyways...here’s some of those cheap colored guitars too...

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D’ANGELICO

This section will be much, MUCH shorter.

John D’Angelico made the greatest guitars of all time in the 50′s and 60′s.  Just look at this shit...

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I have never played an authentic D’Angelico.  They’re too rare, and they’re tens and tens of thousands of dollars...you simply don’t see them in the wild.  You see far more 1950′s Gibson Les Pauls in the wild than D’Angelicos, which is crazy to think about.

These are the Holy Grails of guitars.  More than Gretsch White Falcons or Gibson Les Pauls or Fender Strats and Teles.  They are 100% completely handmade, everything is done to excess.  They’re not the ideal guitar since they’re relatively limited to a single style...but in terms of craftsmanship, guitar makers have not eclipsed what John D’Angelico did decades ago.

The name sends shivers through guitarists of all ages and genres.  Which is why it was bought by some private equity group and turned into what it is today.  Think about all these pics above, and the cost cutting stuff, when you look at what D’Angelico is in 2021.

FWIW...when big dealers do their inventory clearing big sales...modern D’Angelicos are almost always included because nobody wants them.

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*that rosewood fretboard looks so fucking bad, its making me sick

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https://instroreview.com/rogue-rocketeer-electric-guitar-pack-review/ 😎 Best Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack review 2021 😎

This Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack is different than most guitar packs. Guitar has a remarkable look, it comes with a whammy bar, and it’s a flat-out executioner when we talk about staying in tune. But this pack has imperfections as well. We should take a gander at this Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack.

The Rocketeer RR100 is Rogue’s take on a classic design, built for ease of playability. It is constructed with a lightweight contoured double-cutaway paulownia body. The ultra-thin, comfortable maple neck makes it easy to fly up and down the 22-fret rosewood fingerboard with ease. The humbucker/dual single-coil pickup configuration with a 5-way switch allows for a wide variety of tones. A 6-screw vintage tremolo lets you have tons of whammy bar fun, while die-cast tuners ensure solid tuning stability. A gig bag is included.

Rogue Rocketeer Electric Guitar Pack includes

Rogue Rocketeer 100 double-cutaway guitar

A Rogue G10 Solid-state guitar Amplifier

gig bag

picks

strap

Guitar cable

Sound

Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack incorporates two Single-coil and one humbucker pickup. That is include’s the adaptability of the sound. You have the likelihood to get that spanky jazz and blues sound out of this, yet you can likewise turn on the bridge humbucker and give fair thick, and warm sounds.

Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack is ideal for spotless and low-twisting riffs. Thus, in the event that you are into country, exemplary stone, blues, or jazz, this guitar is apparently a strong decision.

Playability

The neck is super meager, which makes playing simpler without a doubt. Numerous proprietors express that it feels very ideal to play. I would say that this guitar is certainly amusing to play. Yet, it has a few issues as well.

The frets stick out a bit, as you go down to the fretboard past to the 12th fret. Frets can feel excessively sharp and surprisingly hurt a bit. Indeed, this can be fixed, however, I imagine that this is irritating. You should not need to proceed to make a new guitar to the local music store to get it fixed just after you got it. You can also try to fix it without anyone else with steel wool or fret file.

Is this axe simple to play? All things considered, it’s not the easiest to play, but it’s definitely too difficult to play either. From the beginner standpoint, this guitar is sufficiently simple to play, it will kick you off and you’ll doubtlessly have great fun when playing with the Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack.

Quality

The general nature of the Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack is incredible. As I referenced the one issue is fretting sticking out. I was unable to track down whatever other issues that are harming the general feel and quality of the guitar. Possibly the neck looks a little bit cheap and plastic from the back, however, that is not too bad.

Nearly everybody says that this guitar stays tune well overall. That is something magnificent and an indication of good quality. Focuses on the Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack for that!

Looks

It is unique from the rest of the beginner guitars, that is without a doubt. Some figure that it really is great and some don’t. I believe that Rogue Rocketeer looks incredible.

Just on the off chance that I look at the neck from the backside, it looks a little bit cheap. But generally,  I like the vibes of this guitar.

Amp

This load accompanies the Rogue G10 Solid State Amplifier. The power is 10W. So it’s a training Amp and that implies that it’s useful for home use. It is possible to connect earphones into this amp case you need to shake quietly.

On the off chance that you need to play with a clean sound, the amp handles the work well overall. I preferred the spanky and clear sound that comes out of it.

In any case, if you need to play with heavy distortion… .this amp sort of sucks. It’s too sloppy and noisy in a bad way. It sounds more like some sort of supporter pedal than a real bending. In this way, in the event that you need to play heavy distortion stuff with Rogue Rocketeer, you will require another amp.

The amp will kick you off, yet you’ll presumably wind up purchasing a be one really soon. I wanted that this Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack included a better amp.

Accessories

Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack is acceptable. Amp is OK in the event that you don’t play with distortion. However, practically the wide range of various stuff… .not all that great. Recollect that the guitar is the primary concern. Amp is the second. The wide range of various stuff is exceptionally simple and cheap to replace.

The Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack is strong and fundamental. You will be okay with these picks. My assessment is that the shade of these picks is ugly as me in the morning, but you can play and begin with these.

Guitar cable can deal with the work. It looks a little bit cheap(and it is modest), and it removes a few tones of your sound. The justification for this is the low quality of the cable.

Gigbag that accompanies this pack is OK. It truly doesn’t offer a lot of protection(maybe from the dust). In any case, it’s actually better than nothing.

Specifications

Style: Contoured double-cutaway solid body

Body: Paulownia

Neck: Bolt-on maple

Neck profile: Ultra-thin

Fingerboard: Other

Fingerboard inlays: Dots

Scale length: 25-1/2 in.

No. of frets: 22

Nut Width: 1.69 in. (43mm)

Hardware: Chrome

Bridge: 6-screw vintage tremolo

Tuners: Die-cast

Neck pickup: Single-coil

Middle pickup: Single-coil

Bridge pickup: Humbucking

Controls: Volume, Tone, 5-way blade pickup selector

Rogue G10 Solid State Amplifier:

10 watts

Single input

Volume, Gain, Treble, and Bass controls

Power boost select button

Practice headphone jack

RR100PK Includes:

RR100 guitar

G10 Amplifier

Gigbag

3 guitar picks

Guitar cord

Strap

10 ft. instrument cable

Conclusion

I’ve arrived at the conclusion that Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar pack are fair guitars and particularly enjoyable to play. The incentive for money is also solid.

But sometimes these guitars lack some fine-detailed finish, for example, a few models have frets that stick out and the fret edges are also beautiful sharp in some cases.

The mics that come with Rogue guitars are OK, however not incredible. They offer extraordinary tones particularly for beginners, but in the long run, you probably end up changing pickups or buying a new guitar. Generally, I would say that Rogue Electric guitars are acceptable instruments. You’ll get it for around $200.

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KPK Physics Class 10 Notes Chapter 11 Sound Conceptual Questions

Conceptual Questions, Comprehensive Questions, and Numerical Questions KPK Physics Class 10 Notes Chapter 11 Sound the best notes 2021.

Conceptual Questions Physics Class 10 Notes Chapter 11 Sound

Q.1) Why sound  produced by a simple pendulum is not heard? Answer: We know that sound is produced due to vibrations of particles of medium and the audible frequency range lies between 20 Hz to 20000 Hz. When the pendulum swing from one point to another then it will cause vibrations in the particles of air. Frequency of these vibrations is below 20Hz and that is the reason, we cannot hear any sound due to the swinging of pendulum. Q.2) If a ringing bicycle bell is held tightly by the hand, its stops producing sound. Why? Answer: Vibration of particles in a medium produce sound. When a bell of a bicycle rung it starts to vibrate, due to which sound produces. When this ringing bell is held tightly in hand, it stops vibrating. As a result, not sound produce because there are no vibrations. Q.3) Why is the intensity of an echo less than that of the original sound? Answer: Intensity is a measure of the amount of sound energy reaching a unit of area in unit time or power per unit area. Since echo is the reflected sound wave, when the original sound reflects from a surface, part of the sound energy is absorb by the surface as a result the reflected sound wave has less energy as compare to the original sound. Due to the less energy the intensity of echo is less than that of the original sound. Related: Biology Class 10 Notes Chapter 18 Pharmacology Short Questions Q.4) In which medium air or water, an echo is heard sooner? Why? Answer: An echo will hear sooner in case of water as compared to the air. Reason: Sound travels faster in the denser medium. The density of water is larger than air, so sound travels faster in water as compared to air. Due to the greater speed in water, the echo will be heard sooner in water. Q.5) Why sound cannot be heard on the moon? Answer: As sound waves are mechanical waves and mechanical waves needs some material medium to travel. This medium should consist of particles which can help to transfer the sound energy. At the surface of the Moon, there is no atmosphere and it is exposed to the vacuum of space, hence it has no material medium. This is the reason, sound waves cannot travel through on the Moon. Therefore, we cannot hear any sound on the Moon. Q.6) If a person places his ear on rails of railroad for determination of coming train. Why is this done, and how does it work? Answer: People place their ear to the rails of railroad to find out if the train is coming or not. Sound travels faster in denser medium that's why it travels faster in solids as compare to liquids and gases. The rail tracks are made of metal and sound travels very rapidly though them. The speed of sound through the metal is far more greater then actual speed of the train, so by placing ear on rails we can tell whether the train is coming for not without seeing it. Q.7) When you watch a thunderstorm, you see the lightning first, and you hear the thunder afterward. Why is the thunder delayed? Answer: During thunderstorm we see lightning first and hear the thunder afterward. The delayed in hearing the thunder is due to the relatively slow speed of sound as compared to the speed of light. Q.8) If the speed of sound is dependent on frequency, would music for marching band be enjoyed? Answer: If the speed of sound is independent of the frequency. If it depends on frequnecy than due to the motion a band the frequency of the sound will change which results, change in the pitch of the sound. The sound then produced by the marching band would not be uniform and it wouldn't be as present as it is. Q.9) Why is it so quite after a snowfall? Answer: It is quiet after a snowfall because the irregular and fluffy surface of snow act as a sound absorber. As a result, most of the sound is absorbed by the snow, which results in quietness.

Comprehensive Questions KPK Physics Class 10 Notes Chapter 11 Sound

Q.1) What is sound? How it is produced, transmitted and received?  Answer: The feel that our ear sense is known as sound. It is a form of energy and travels through the medium. How sound is produced? In order to produce sound, three things are necessary which are vibrating body, transmitting medium and hearing device. REad more: Biology Class 10 Notes Chapter 17 Biotechnology Short Questions 1) Vibrating Body: In everyday life, sound produced in different way as buzzing or bee and mosquito is produced due to vibration of their wings. Sitar and guitar produce sound due to vibration of their strings and similarly by patching on table cause the table surface to vibrate and we hear the sound. In laboratory, the sound is produced by vibrating the tuning fork. When we struck the prongs of a tuning fork to a hard rubber pad then the prong will vibrate and in result of this vibration, sound will produce in form of compression and rarefaction. 2) Transmition: The vibrations produced due to the vibrating body needs a medium to transmit. Vibrations produced by vibrating body supplies energy of its vibrations to surrounding medium. This transmitting medium will transmit this energy from the source to the receiver in form of sound waves. Transmitting medium can be liquid, solid and gas. Usually transmitting medium is air. However sound cannot be transmit through vacuum. 3) Detection of sound: The device that can detect or receive the transmitting sound is known as hearing device. Ears are natural hearing device and they convert sound waves into the sensation of hearing. When the sound wave falls to the ear membrane, the membrane will start vibrate and this vibration such that vibrating of the membrane is same as that of vibrating source. Other than natural, we can also develop some mechanical and electrical hearing devices. Q.2) What is audible frequency range? Answer: There are upper and lower limits to the sound frequency that humans can hear. A healthy person can hear frequencies in a range from about 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. Based on the human hearing, the audible frequency range is divided into three parts. - Infrasonic: Sound frequencies lower than 20 Hz are referred to as infrasonic. Animals like whales, elephants and rhinoceroses are known to produce infrasonic. - Audible frequency: Sound frequencies, ranging between 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz are called audible. - Ultrasonic: Sound frequencies higher than 20,000 Hz are called ultrasonic. Dog whistle produces ultrasonic. Ultrasounds many applications, they are used in radar systems, medicines and in ultrasonic cleaner.  Q.3) What is the speed of sound? Answer: The speed of sound is the distance traveled per unit time by a sound wave as it propagates through a medium. Like all waves, sound travels at a certain speed. Sound can be transmitted through any medium gas, liquid or solid. The speed of sound depends on the material through which it is passing. The sound travels faster in denser medium that's why speed is most rapid in certain solid, less rapid in many liquids and quite slowly in most gases., the speed of sound in water is five times greater than the speed of sound in air. The speed of sound 'v' is found by:                                             speed = distance/time or                                             v = S/t Speed of sound in air: The speed of sound in air depends upon the density of air and its comprehensibility. As temperature increases , these properties change causing the speed of sound in air to increase. The speed of sound in air at OoC is 331 m/s, for each 1oC rise in temperature the speed of sound increase approximately by 0.6 m/s. Mathematically:                                                      v =331 + 0.6T here, T is the temperature in oC Q.4) Describe the terms loudness , pitch and quality. Explain each by giving an example. Answer: Loudness: Loudness of a sound make us able to distinguish between a loud sound and a faint sound. Loudness of a sound depends on following three factors: - Area of the vibrating body: Sound produced has a direct dependence of the area of the vibrating body i.e. larger the area of vibrating body, louder will be the sound produced. That is the reason that the sound produced by school bell is louder than that of produced by house bell and similarly sound produced by the dhool is louder than that of dholac. - Amplitude of vibrating body: Sound has a direct dependence on amplitude too i.e. larger the amplitude of the vibrations, louder will be the sound. That is the fact that when we hit the drum harder the sound produced will be louder and the sound will be faint the hit on the drum is gentle. - Distance from Vibrating Body: Sound has an inverse relation with the distance between the vibrating body and hearing device i.e. larger the distance, faint will be the sound and vice versa. Pitch of the Sound: It is a characteristic of the sound which helps to distinguish a shrill sound from grave sound. It has a direct dependence on the frequency i.e. larger will be the frequency, higher will be the pitch of the sound. If we take a bicycle and support it by its stand and then start rotating its rear wheel. Then when we take a card board and touch it to the spokes of the rotating wheel then it will start vibrating and in result will produce sound. Now if we increase the rotating speed of wheel then its frequency will also increase and so as the loudness of sound i.e. the sound will become shriller with increase of the frequency. Quality of Sound: The property of sound by which two sounds of same loudness and pitch are distinguished from each other is called a quality of sound. For example we can easily distinguish among the sounds produced by violins, sitars and that of guitars. This is only possible due the difference between their loudness and frequency and pitch related to these sounds. Q.6) What is noise? Explain why noise is nuisance? Answer: Noise: Sound which produce displeasing effects in ear is called noise. Noise produce due to irregular and disordered vibrations. Excessive displeasing sounds which disrupt the balance or activity of human or animals or other living or non-living things in environment is called noise pollution. There are many sources which produce noise pollution, for example sound of construction machinery, low flying air crafts, loud speakers etc. Why noise is nuisance? Noise is nuisance because it has harmful effects on human beings, animals, plants and on other inert things in environment. Some of these harmful effects are as below: - It can result into temporary or permanent hearing loss. - This can reduce the working efficiency. - It can cause an increase in rate of error which will result into different accidents. - It is a major reason of different dangerous diseases such as blood cancer, blood pressure and heart problems etc. - It also effects the normal growth rate of plants. Q.8) What is acoustic protection? Why is it important? Answer: Acoustic protection: Acoustic protection is the application of soft and porous material to protect individuals against undesirable sounds and noises.  Importance: - Acoustic protection is employed not only for physical health but for psychological well being as well. - Animals and birds have also been reported to express discomfort due to higher noise and sound levels. - Acoustic protection is necessary to minimize stress levels generated due to high noise. - It may also be required to protect structures against vibrations generated by objects, such as trains and earthquake. 

Numerical Questions Class 10 Physics Notes Chapter 11 (sound)

Q.2) A ship is anchored where the depth of water is 120 m. An ultrasonic signal sent to the bottom of the lake returns in 0.16 s. What is the speed of sound in water? Answer: Given data: Distance = S = 2 × 120 m =240 m Time = t = 0.16s To find: Speed of sound = v =? Calculation: The speed of sound is given by v = S/t v = 240/0.16 v = 1500 m/s Q.5) What is the speed of sound in air at -20oC? Answer: Given data: Temperature = T = -20oC To find: speed of sound = v =? Calculation: The general formula for the speed of sound in air at any temperature is v = 331 + 0.6T Now v = 331 + 0.6(-20) v = 331 - 12 v = 319 m/s Q.6) Army man wearing binoculars see the flash from enemy tank fire 5 s before the fire is heard, the records 26oC temperature on his personal thermometer. What is the distance of the tank from him? Answer: Given data: Time = t =5 s Temperature = T = 26 oC To find: Distance to the tank = S =? Calculation: The general formula for the speed of sound in air at any temperature is v = 331 + 0.6T Now v = 331 + 0.6(26) v = 331 + 15.6 v = 346.6 m/s Now, The the distance covered by the sound is S = v × t S = 346.6 × 5 S = 1,733 m Q.7) Calculate the wavelengths of sounds at the extremes of the audible range, 20 Hz and 20, 000 Hz, at normal room temperature of 20oC? fAnswer: Given data: Lower frequency = fl= 20 Hz Upper frequency = fu = 20,000 Hz Temperature = T = 20 oC To find: a). Wavelength of sound wave at lower frequency = λl = ? b). Wavelength of sound wave at upper frequency = λu = ? Calculation: First we need to find the speed of sound, v = 331 + 0.6T Now v = 331 + 0.6(2o) v = 331 + 12 v = 343 m/s The universal wave equation is, v = fλ λ = v/f Now a). λl = v/fl λl = 343/20 λl = 17.15 m b). λu = v/fu λu = 343/20,000 λu = 0.01715 m or λu = 17.15 mm Q.8) Ishfaq stands two between two high rise buildings A and B, such that he is at 33 m distance from building A. When he blows the whistle, he hears the first echo after 0.2 s and second echo after 0.8 s. Calculate (a) the speed of sound and (b) distance of building B from him. Answer: Given data: Distance from building A = SA = 33m Time to first echo = t1 = 0.2s Time to second echo = t2 = 0.8s To find: a). Speed of sound = v =? b). Distance from building B = SB = ? Calculation: a). Speed of sound using the equation for echo due to building A. v = 2SA/Δt1 v = 2(33)/0.2 v = 330 m/s b). Distance to building B, using the equation for the echo. SB = (vΔt2)/2 SB = (330 × 0.8)/2 SB = (264)/2 SB = 132 m Read more: - KPK Text Book Board New 2021 PDF Download - 9th Class Math Notes PDF Download Cha 1 to 9 - Punjab Textbook Board Books all Class Books pdf Download - Biology 9th Adamjee Model Paper 2021 - Class 9 Physics Notes for KPK PDF Downalod Read the full article