Tuesday, 20 October 2015

My Favourite Sounds

This is by no means an exhaustive list, in fact I plan to update it when I find new sounds to add to my collection:


  • Tiny bubbles escaping from under a hot mug when liquid is trapped underneath
  • The dull crunch of fresh snow
  • The roar of the tube turning a corner
  • The ‘ping’ of a crystal glass
  • The hum of a pylon
  • The cackling sound of rails as a train approaches a station
  • The sound of clapping from below heard from the upper stand of the Clock End of the Emirates Stadium (the angle of the roof makes it sound like a laser beam!)
  • This sound
  • The first harmonic on the E string of a violin
  • Also, the sounds the strings in between the scroll and the tuning peg make when plucked
  • Rain drops on the roof of a tent
  • Wind beating a window
  • The clarinet glissando at the beginning of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
  • The 'pop' and 'sizzle' of a frying egg - perfectly captured by Lee Patterson
  • Blackbird song
  • The London Underground
  • One of my dinner forks (I do not know which one specifically, but it will be a pleasant surprise next time I use it to scramble an egg)
  • The Manchester Metrolink 

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