Soundwalk

I found the soundwalk to be a useful and necessary step to take in order to effectively design sound and music inspired by the Huron River. Unfortunately, the loudest ambient sound in the park was road noise, but this is the case pretty much anywhere around Ann Arbor. I think it's important to consider the road noise and other human-caused sounds as part of the soundscape and not to pretend like they weren't there. When walking along the river, I noticed that the river itself does not produce much sound. For the most part, the loudest sounds were our footsteps squishing through the mud or crunching dead leaves and sticks. One of the most important river sounds was the sound of goose calls, which were rather loud and echoed across the park. My favorite sound that I encountered on the soundwalk was the sound of tiny pieces of ice washing against larger chunks of ice, producing a high frequency tinkling sound.