bird music-hermit thrush A

Songs and calls of some New York State birds

Bird Songs in Musical Notation


Hermit Thrush A (Catharus guttatus)

Recorded in Bristol, Maine June 18 1998. This bird had (at least) nine songs, which can be labelled G6(1600), A6(1800), A#6(1850), C7(2060), D#7(2540), E7(2710), G7(3100), A7(3620), A#7(3790) by their beginning pitches.


1.The song with beginning pitch G6 = 1600Hz. The range of this sonogram is 0-5512 Hz.
sonogram of Hermit Thrush song; buttons below image play this song.

Hear song.
   
Hear music.

Hear song at half speed.
   
Hear music at half tempo.
transcription of Hermit Thrush song; buttons above image play this music


2. The song with beginning pitch A#7 = 3790Hz. The range of the sonogram is 0-11024 Hz.
sonogram of Hermit Thrush song; buttons below image play this song.

Hear song.
   
Hear music.

Hear song at quarter speed.
   
Hear music at quarter tempo.
transcription of Hermit Thrush song; buttons above image play this music


3. The song with beginning pitch G#7 = 3273Hz. (In fact, there is an almost inaudible C#7 at the start). The range of the sonogram is 0-11024 Hz.
sonogram of Hermit Thrush song; buttons below image play this song.

Hear song.
   
Hear music.

Hear song at half speed.
   
Hear music at half tempo.
transcription of Hermit Thrush song; buttons above image play this music
In this transcription I have left out the C#7 and the dissonant grace-notes etc.



Tony Phillips
November 15 2003
reformatted August 7 2014