BirdSongs: a score for a choir [441 HZ], portable electronics [LOVMi] , vectorial DIY instruments

The Score Building Method

field recordings (example: http://kra.land/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/reveil-20200503-hranice.ogg)

analysis of sound properties

analysis of perceived sequences

permutations and movements

At this moment we have recognized on our recordings the following birds, with the help of the fabulous BIRDnet Cornell University software, https://birdnet.cornell.edu/:

Barn Swallow / Vlaštovka Obecná [Hirundo Rustica]

Black Redstart / Rehek Domácí [Phoenicurus Ochruros]

Blackbird / Kos Černý [Turdus Merula]

Brown Owl / Puštík Obecný [Strix Aluco]

Carrion Crow / Vrána černá [Corvus corone]

Chiffchaff / Budníček Menší [Phylloscopus Collybita]

Common Buzzard / Káně lesní [Buteo buteo]

Common Cuckoo / Kukačka Obecná Eurasijská [Cuculus Canorus]

Common house martin / Jiřička obecná [Delichon urbicum]

Common kingfisher / Ledňáček říční [Alcedo atthis]

Common Nightingale / Slavík Obecný [Luscinia Megarhynchos]

Common Redstart / Rehek Zahradní [Phoenicurus Phoenicurus]

Common Starling / špaček Obecný [Sturnus Vulgaris]

Common Swift / Rorýs Obecný [Apus Apus]

Corn Bunting / Strnad Luční [Emberiza calandra]

Eurasian Blackcap / Pěnice Černohlavá Evropská [Sylvia Atricapilla Atricapilla]

Eurasian Blue Tit / Sýkora Modřinka [Cyanistes Caeruleus]

Eurasian reed warbler / Rákosník obecný [Acrocephalus Scirpaceus]

Eurasian skylark / skřivan polní [Alauda arvensis]

Eurasian Tree Sparrow / Vrabec Polní Eurosibiřský [Passer Montanus]

Eurasian Wren / Střízlík Obecný Evropský [Troglodytes Troglodytes]

Eurasian Wryneck / Krutihlav Hnedý [Jinx Torquilla]

European Goldfinch / Stehlík Obecný [Carduelis Carduelis]

European Greenfinch / Zvonek Zelený [Chloris Chloris]

European Robin / Červenka Obecná [Erithacus Rubecula]

Golden Oriole / Žluva Hajní [Oriolus Oriolus]

Great Tit / Sýkora Koňadra [Parus Major]

Great-spotted Woodpecker / Strakapoud velký [Dendrocopos major]

Grey heron / Volavka popelavá [Ardea cinerea]

Icterine warbler / Sedmihlásek Hajní [Hippolais Icterina]

Mallard duck / Kachna divoká [Anas platyrhynchos]

Mute Swan / Labuť velká [Cygnus olor]

Peregrine Falcon / Sokol stěhovavý [Falco peregrinus]

Ring-necked Pheasant / Bažant obecný [Phasianus colchicus]

Sand Martin / Břehule říční [Riparia riparia]

Song Thrush / Drozd Zpěvný [Turdus Philomelos]

Spotted Flycatcher / Lejsek šedý Sardinský [Muscicapa Striata]

Tawny Owl / Puštík obecný [Strix aluco]

Western Yellow Wagtail / Konipas luční [Motacilla Flava]

White Stork / Čáp bílý [Ciconia ciconia]

White-backed Woodpecker / Strakapoud Bělohřbetý [Dendrocopos Leucotos]

White-tailed eagle / Orel mořský [Haliaeetus albicilla]

Willow Warbler / Budníček Větší [Phylloscopus Trochilus Acredula]

Yellowhammer / Strnad Obecný Evropský [Emberiza Citrinella]

The sounds are further analyzed on their spectral/time characteristics, and related to one another in a KNN (neighbouring) map.
The spatial distributions allow us to create dense sound patterns, which are accessed via the DvaMetri choreography (see there). (see below illustrations)
Via onomatopeia of the perceived sounds and sequences, we are building a mini-constructed language, adding expressive concatenations and permutations.

For this we are using the Max-MSP libraries from Ircam: MUBU. But regarding the LOVMi&Sensors instruments we are looking into similar Python and Javascript libraries. Soon more here...

Repository of 3 listening scores for Laznia Gdansk 20220916:

Score A, wav-format

Score A, mp3-format

Score B, wav-format

Score B, mp3-format

Score C, wav-format

Score C, mp3-format