The delicate jingling of many small bells. The crunch of footsteps on bare ground. A quiet car passing. Sheep begin to bleat. In Gragnana, Italy, a shepherd leads his flock of 50 from the Tuscan hills back to the farm. After their arrival, church bells sound [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Dear sir,
I have interests in this field of knowledge too. I have recently tryed to develope an approach for the measurement of noise within a piece of music. Please look at my article published as:
www.transoffice-information.de/criterion.pdf.
Best regards,
Vladimir Soutchilin
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