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soundwalk

soundwalk noun: an excursion for the purpose of listening to the environment.

Noun

soundwalk (plural soundwalks)

  1. An excursion for the purpose of listening to the environment.
    • Although there is a classical component to Open Ears, there's a lot more on offer on the high-quality, eclectic bill, including the Turtle Island String Quartet playing the music of Coltrane, Vancouver's Hard Rubber Orchestra, an outdoor soundwalk with Schafer, Persian improv and art installations.2009 April 11, John Terauds, “Unexpected will help Open Ears”, in Toronto Star

Forms of soundwalk

pluralsoundwalks

Origin of soundwalk

From sound + walk; first used by members of the World Soundscape Project under the leadership of composer R. Murray Schafer in Vancouver in the 1970s.

Questions about soundwalk

What does soundwalk mean?
Soundwalk means an excursion for the purpose of listening to the environment.
What part of speech is soundwalk?
Soundwalk is a noun.
What is the plural of soundwalk?
The plural of soundwalk is soundwalks.

Words near soundwalk in the dictionary

  1. soundtracked
  2. soundtracker
  3. soundtrackers
  4. soundtracking
  5. soundtracks
  6. soundwalk
  7. soundwalks
  8. soundward
  9. soundwards
  10. soundwave
  11. soundwaves

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