{"id":5249,"date":"2017-02-21T22:52:42","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T04:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/?page_id=5249"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:03:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T19:03:22","slug":"the-quality-of-a-trill-depends-on-the-individual-note","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/specs\/the-quality-of-a-trill-depends-on-the-individual-note","title":{"rendered":"The quality of a trill depends on the individual note"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds<\/em>, interactive version of pp. 18-19)<\/h3>\n

The principles explained on the previous page apply to trills as well as individual notes. A trill of musical notes sounds musical, while a trill of unmusical notes sounds unmusical.<\/p>\n

\"p18a\"<\/a>\"p18b\"<\/a>
\nBlack-crested Titmouse Song:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Black-crested-Titmouse-08-Song-trill_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nChipping Sparrow Song:<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/CHSPs1str-NDP2008-25-09-_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Musical trumps unmusical<\/h4>\n

Our perception of a sound\u2019s musicality tends to be determined by its most musical elements. For example, when a whistle on a spectrogram has both steep and flat sections, we tend to hear the flat, musical sections more strongly. This applies to trills as well.<\/p>\n

\"p18c\"<\/a><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Dark-eyed-Junco-Slate-colored-01-Song_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

This junco\u2019s song consists of two alternated notes\u2014one musical, one unmusical\u2014repeated so fast that we hear only a single trill. Because musical sounds tend to dominate, the trill sounds rather musical to the ear.<\/p>\n

Burry and buzzy sounds<\/h4>\n

These sounds rise and fall very rapidly in pitch, creating up-and-down squiggles, or beats<\/strong>, on the spectrogram. Burrs<\/strong> are more musical, and tend to take up less vertical space on the spectrogram; buzzes<\/strong> are less musical, and tend to take up more vertical space. In coarse<\/strong> burrs and buzzes, the squiggles are farther apart; in fine<\/strong> burrs and buzzes, they are closer together.<\/p>\n

\"p19a\"<\/a>\"p19b\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Tremolos<\/strong> are burrs so coarse that the individual beats are countable, or nearly countable. Peents<\/strong> are buzzes so fine that they take on a nasal quality.
\n\"p19c\"<\/a>
\nCommon Loon (tremolo):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Common-Loon-06-Tremolo_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nLeast Sandpiper (coarse burr):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Least-Sandpiper-01-Breet-upon-taking-flight_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nCanyon Wren (fine burr):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Canyon-Wren-08-Veet_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nNorthern Rough-winged Swallow (coarse buzz):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Northern-Rough-winged-Swallow-05-Cheet_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nEastern Meadowlark (fine buzz):<\/p>\n

http:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Eastern-Meadowlark-19-Dzert_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>
\nAmerican Woodcock (peent):<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/earbirding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/American-Woodcock-01-Peent_01.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

(Next: pp. 20-22:<\/strong> Noisy sounds \/ Nasal sounds<\/a>)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Peterson Field Guide to Bird Sounds, interactive version of pp. 18-19) The principles explained on the previous page apply to trills as well as individual notes. A trill of musical notes sounds musical, while a trill of unmusical notes sounds unmusical. Black-crested Titmouse Song: Chipping Sparrow Song: Musical trumps unmusical Our perception of a sound\u2019s musicality tends to be determined by its most musical elements. For example, when a whistle on a spectrogram has both steep and flat sections, we…<\/p>\n

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