The Music Within Urban Noise

Authors

Todd Kitchen, Brigham Young University
Dr. Steven Ricks, Brigham Young University

Keywords

music, urban noise, musical composition, rhythmic patterns

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Music

Abstract

My goal was to expose the musicality inherent in urban environments through a musical composition involving sound recordings made in New York City. Specifically, I used the sophisticated software available to me in the BYU Electronic Music Studio to identify the specific frequencies (pitches) and rhythmic patterns found in my field recordings. Afterwards I would present my findings with electronics and live instruments in a way that exposed these musical traits present in my recordings.

Recommended Citation

Kitchen, Todd and Ricks, Dr. Steven (2013) "The Music Within Urban Noise," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2319.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2319