Analysis & Reflection – Week 1 Blog Questions & Responses:Q4

Question 4: Listen to the first 10 minutes of Glenn Gould’s radio documentary, “The Idea of North”.  Files are here  (experimenting with different sizes and file types) If possible, use headphones.  Record your impressions in a paragraph or two.

Glenn Gould’s radio documentary ” The Idea of North” to me was really confusing and abstract but challenging to analyse. After listening to it 3 times I have recognized the use of overlapping different voices and the unusual flow of audio which created a really abstract mood to the piece. After 3 minutes of the documentary, things are being cleared as names and story was revealed . It was a tricky and challenging structure to me since the curiosity was formed right after the start of the piece, then finally an intro and background music came in to help people to visualize the North. There were also background noises, like wind, sound of a train, etc which makes it really unique and challenging.

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