User:JFlor42/Field recording/Jiawei Yan Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

JFlor42


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * Field recording

Ethnomusicology
Béla Bartók using a phonograph to record Slovak folk songs sung by peasants

Field recording was originally a way to document oral presentations and ethnomusicology projects (pioneered by Béla Bartók, Charles Seeger, and John Lomax). '''In the case of Bartók, his own studies helped alter the generally unfavorable view of Eastern European folk music at that time. He grew to admire numerous regional styles from both firsthand experience and recordings, eventually incorporating these styles into his own compositional works.'''

Bioacoustics
Field recording is an important tool in bioacoustics and biomusicology, most commonly in research on bird song. Animals in the wild can display very different vocalizations from those in captivity. Ambient noise in urban environments have also shown to alter the vocalizations of local bird populations.


 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/musicalofferings/vol3/iss2/2/
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347205004379?via%3Dihub
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347205004379?via%3Dihub
 * https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003347205004379?via%3Dihub

Evaluate the drafted changes
I think it was a good edit. You detailed the information about the function of Field recording to Ethnomusicology and Bioacoustics. You had an example of Bartók and cited the resource. It was very good. I would look forward to seeing more details about Bioacoustics and how ambient noise in an urban environment has also shown to alter the vocalizations of local bird populations. For example, why and how does the ambient noise alter the local bird populations.