Three Modes of Listening

With regard to my previous post, each one of the uses of the contact microphone can be listened to with consideration to each of the three modes of listening: Causal, Semantic, and Reduced.

Causal Listening
With the violin video, one can obviously infer that the source of the sound is coming from the vibration of the strings on the violin. The sound produced from the magazine is from the crumbling of the magazine. Similarly, the sound that the container made is due to liquid hitting each side of the container.

Semantic Listening
Semantic Listening does not apply to the examples given in the previous post.

Reduced Listening
On the other hand, reduced listening is more difficult to understand or explain. In the violin clip, the sound being produced is a combination of quick, sporadic, high-pitched noises that play over and over in some sort of melody. The magazine sound has a lower-pitch and one may describe it as "annoying." There seems to be no purpose or melody. The sound produced from the container describes a "wishy-washy" sound that has a smoother flow than that of the violin or magazine.