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1. Entrance 2. Knife-Edge 3. Lookout 4. Conservatory Acoustic Ecology Composing
Website Intro 6. Creek 7. Quarry Back to Lookout Listening Dialogue


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The dominant sound of the sunken garden is the waterfall, heard here with the sounds of Sunday drummers, who were seated in a wooded area overlooking the garden. Listen to how the drumming (by chance) increases in intensity as we approach the falls, and Hildi discovers percussive points in the waterfall that form a counterpoint to the drumming.


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On this sunny Sunday evening, many people were enjoying the beautiful plants in the Sunken Garden. The high rock walls of the garden, combined with the masking effect of the waterfall, blocked out most traffic sounds. One exception is an emergency siren, heard here.


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This large, rough-leafed plant grows to a huge size in Vancouver summers, and disappears each winter. This sound excerpt reveals both the texture and the size of the underside of the leaf (it took 13 seconds to stroke from stem to tip).

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