Your questions: Listening for Frequency Response (Module 1)

[UncleAl]

Thanks for all your suggestions. Here's a few observations.

The graph that Greg Bosley posted is very interesting, as I noticed clearly that dip and rise again between 4 and 8kHz.

The drop-off in my higher frequency hearing probably explains why I have gravitated towards bassier music as I've aged, especially EDM and drum'n'bass, something I have surprised myself with. And I now hate those heavy metal singers who screech in falsetto. Love the shredders though. Viva Stevie Vai!

I've always enjoyed my music LOUD; maybe that's caused it. Let this be a warning to you youngsters :o)

Blues harp is my main instrument, and I've started playing low-tuned harmonicas rather than standard ones.

I'll just have to live with it and get a second opinion (and 3rd and 4th) for any mixes.

I'm sure I can't be the oldest here. Any other "mature musos"?

[JimHenry]

Extrapolating from the graph, I'm probably about 50dB@8000Hz old.

[fogle622]

My guess is the 65 year old ears is the most prominent culpret. I'm 63 years old and my results were almost the same as yours. There is a proven correlation between the age of a person and the frequency range a person can hear. Of course there are always exceptions but I'm pretty sure we are both stuck with, what is considered normal for our age, normal hearing.

Nowadays hearing specialists urge people to wear hearing protection for many loud, but normal, activities like mowing the lawn. You still don't see many people heading the advice.

[vgmrmojo]

I doubt we are missing a lot of music above 10000 hz. I don't think there are a lot of instruments that play above that range. More likely missing the bass notes below 40 hz
Here's a handy little converter for freq., notes on a piano, and the midi note number.
There is a online version or download version.jacklin studios

Probably some noise and cymbal shimmer

[gbosley]

Low frequencies generally aren't lost with age, or are lost exponentially less than high frequencies. In music, that equates to vocal sibilants which can affect comprehension, overtones/harmonics which affect an instrument's timbre, and room noise or overall 'brightness' of a recording.

[LaraWhitten]

Well, yeah, I'm one of those that just started playing music, but, at some point,probably early on, unless , you're parents are producers or you are really slutty, you won't be able to find real paying work. I play guitar just not enough and I learned from one class I took in jazz chord theory; but, there are a couple other areas of my training that would support such an endeavor. Such as, my hearing and highly developed hand-eye coordination.

[fogle622]

Val,
The jacklin studios midi/frequency/note converter looks nice but ... it works on Mac OS and I have Windows. Thanks for sharing.

[Seth]

I'm really confused on where to start with Module 1. The Cirriculum page makes reference to finding your crew and all of this:

Choose a song to analyze

Identify instruments and timbres
Place sounds in spatial field (left-right, front-back)
Describe timbral qualities
Repetition: listen to song in Infinite Jukebox
Video lecture and Q&A: On Space and Timbre as Creative Dimensions of Music

but I don't really see anything besides the hour long interview on the three modules. Am I missing something? Were the emails that were being sent out filling in all the gaps? I didn't even see how to join a crew, all I saw was that I was supposed to put a marker on the map around where I live.

[alexruthmann]

@Seth... Hi... you can get to all module content via this link: http://community.playwithyourmusic.org/category/announcements-follow-this

Module 1 content is here.

Module 2 content is here.

Module 3 content is here.

We'll be posting all links as new categories as they come out. Module 4 will drop very soon!

I will update the main curriculum page on the main site with links to the modules to make things easier.

[vgmrmojo]

There is an online version at the top left of the page below Download version 1.1.