Nature and everyday sounds

Nature and everyday sounds

By Silvio MettlerScienceNature
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Nature and everyday sounds episodes

  • Alpine blessing and alphorn

    An alpine blessing is a protective song in the form of a chant, which is intended to protect the alp, the herdsmen and the cattle and is sung every evening. The Alpine blessing is one of the oldest Christian traditions in Switzerland. Like the didgeridoo, Indian wooden trumpets and African wooden horns, the alphorn is one of the original wind instruments

    5 min
  • Goat and cow bells ringing

    On the Alps, the goats and cows are brought into the stables for milking in the evening. All the animals wear a bell so that they don't get lost and can orient themselves to each other

    6 min
  • Cowbells ringing on an alp

    In the Alpstein region in Appenzell in Switzerland, it is not only fantastically beautiful, but also acoustically impressive when the cows are grazing on the Alps with their bells ringing

    3 min
  • Goat milking

    The goats are milked on the alp in the evening.

    Taken on the Fählenalp in the Alpstein in Appenzell, Switzerland.

    2 min
  • In the nature reserve with thunderstorms

    The “Wildenstein” nature reserve with its castle of the same name in the canton of Baselland (Switzerland) is exceptionally beautiful. A small stream with delightful birdsong provides an unparalleled acoustic highlight. The highlight is an extremely strong thunderstorm, which admittedly took me by surprise

    11 min

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My sound recordings of exciting natural and everyday sounds are made with microphones placed in my earcups. So-called binaural sound recordings - when listened to with headphones - allow you to…