Outline for a Compendium of Non-Musical Sounds
Posted on February 15th, 2007 by august
Part I: Tagine
- Squishes
- Knife through onion
- Preserved lemon between thumb and forefinger.
- Barely audible swish of knife through chicken skin.
- Fork fluffing couscous.
- Crushing garlic with side of blade.
- Chicken pieces landing on softened onions
- Chicken, lemon, olives, couscous, teeth.
- Clacks
- Knife on keyboard.
- Wooden spoon on cast iron pan (flattening more garlic).
- Grinding
- Joint where thigh meets breast.
- Coffee (cross-reference: electric sounds).
- Water
- Overflowing from glass into sink.
- Tap running.
Sound in mouth. (Note: do others make the same sound? Can they hear me?)
- Wine
- Slurping.
- Disguised slurping following dirty look from wife.
- Pour into glass.
- Waves within glass.
- Teeth
- Mixing couscous and sauce. Fork makes muted grinding sound. (Investigate further.)
(perhaps this last item is too musical for list)
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