Sound Of Falling Rain

[Jomega Gibson]

Lastweek, I was up the whole night working in my house in my ultra-quiet neighborhood. Around 3 am, a thunderstorm started and broke the silence of the night. I enjoyed the sound of rain on my window and my roof. The next day, I was telling the story to a friend, but I couldn't find a good word to describe the sound of rain. The closest thing I had in my mind was the word impinge, which I had seen in a sentence from James Joyce.

"Pitter-patter" means light sounds or beats, and often is used to describe the sound of small animals (like cats) as they gently move about. It has a fairly positive and easy-going connotation, and using "pitter-patter" to describe rain invokes a sense of melody and calm.

"Sprinkle" means scattering or dispersing. It generally is applied to small objects, like dust or sugar coatings. When describing rain, it generally implies that the rain drops are small and gentle. It can imply a feeling of spreading in a haphazard or unguided way. For this reason, it has a fairly neutral connotation, generally meaning light rain.

"Shower" means a lot of water, should evoke the feeling of being in a shower. It creates a sense of a large quantity of water, coming down in large drops. It's not necessarily aggressive or negative, but implies lots and lots of water. A "shower" of water on the roof wouldn't be resolvable in individual drop sounds, but would instead be a steady drone of noise.

"Pelt" means to attack with objects. Here, it should evoke a sense of anger or aggression, as if the water were throwing itself in attack at the roof. "Pelting rain" would be large, fast drops, coming down hard.

"Batter" means to beat or attack. Generally, it always evokes a sense of aggression and violence. When used with rain, it often implies a type of windy rain, as the wind and the rain "work together" to attack the building. In the minds eye, you might see shutters banging about and hear the whistling of the wind when you imagine "battering rain".

You are trying to convey not only what the rain did, but how it made you feel. Metaphor is an option: strummed, thrummed, tinkled, drummed (musical metaphors) whispered, sighed, groaned, grumbled, danced, tap danced (personification)

As I type, I am listening to the plashing of the first significant downpour of rain to fall in central (aka "northern") California in seven months. Here is Merriam-Webster's Eleventh Collegiate Dictionary's definition of plash, which I was surprised to learn has been in use since at least 1513 as a noun and 1542 as a verb:

I am not trying to go all Hemingway or William Zinzer on you, but we often rob everyday nouns of their strength by using florid adjectives or baroque words. The reader or listener can be trusted to connect with the sentence that you wrote with his or her own pleasant experiences of the sound of rain.

"Yet another rain sound generator on myNoise?" you might ask. Yep! The sound of the rain is by far one of the most successful sounds on myNoise, as it achieves a high level of noise blocking, helps you focus or sleep, all the while being truly non-intrusive. It is one of those sounds that your brain can tune out easily; while the sound of rain effectively masks other sonic nuisances around you, your brain creates the illusion of a silent environment around you as it filters out both the rain, and the sound the rain is masking.

Pure relaxation: The sound of a rain sound column from klang(t)raum is reminiscent of rain falling in the forest or the gentle babbling of a stream. With this improvisation instrument, you can create a relaxing and slow trickling sound for up to six minutes. The rain sound column is currently available in this size in our store:

The Regenklang column has a pentagonal shape, is made of pine wood and is delivered to your home completely untreated. So you decide for yourself whether you want to treat the instrument again to bring out the brown grain even better. To ensure that the rain stick stands securely, there is a natural cork lid at each end of the column. In combination, the two materials create a uniform and visually appealing look. Let it rain: Inside the Regenklang column is a filling material that slowly trickles down several stoppers when the instrument is turned over. The high-quality workmanship and the use of natural materials create a particularly fine sound that can hardly be distinguished from a real rain shower when your eyes are closed.

The relaxing trickle of water from the rain sound column is often used for meditation or sound journeys. The gentle sounds have a calming and soothing effect on body and mind. The rain sound column can also be combined very well with other sound instruments - for example with a gong or a singing bowl. Relaxation on the go: Thanks to its compact size, you can also use the Rain Sound Pillar on the go. Whether for a short relaxation session during a break or to accompany a sound massage - all you have to do is turn the rain stick over once and add it.

In harmony with nature: The Regenklang columns were also manufactured in an environmentally friendly way and exclusively with natural raw materials. Because we are convinced that both have an essential effect on your experience with an instrument. The Regenklang column is made entirely by hand and is a completely natural product.

Welcome to our hotel, where the sound of rain falling outside your window provides a peaceful and relaxing ambiance. As the raindrops patter against the glass, you can unwind in the comfort of your room and let the gentle rhythm of the rain lull you to sleep.

"Rhythm of the Rain" is a song performed by The Cascades, released in November 1962 in the US and on January 25, 1963 in the UK. It was written by Cascades band member John Claude Gummoe. On March 9, 1963, it rose to number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and spent two weeks at number 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.[2] Billboard ranked the record as the number 4 song of 1963.[3]

In March 1963, the song was a top 5 hit in the United Kingdom and, in May that same year, was a number 1 single in Ireland. In Australia it rose to number 2. In Canada, the song was on the CHUM Chart for a total of 12 weeks and reached number 1 in February 1963.[4] In 1999 BMI listed the song as the 9th most performed song on radio/TV in the 20th century.[5]

The lyrics are sung by a man whose lover has left him; the rain falling reminds him 'what a fool' he has been. He rhetorically asks the rain for answers, but ultimately he wishes it would 'go away' and let him cry alone.

The song was adapted into French (under the title "En coutant la pluie", meaning "Listening to the Rain") by Richard Anthony. It was recorded by Sylvie Vartan, who released it as a single in April 1963 as the lead off of her second studio album, Twiste et chante, released that July.

Rainsticks are thought to originate in Latin America and the southern United States. People made them by drying a cactus (which is naturally hollow), and driving the needles into the cactus to smooth off its surface. The hollow cactus tube was then filled with beans or pebbles to simulate the noise of rain, and the ends were sealed.

"Foley artists" are people whose job is to make sure that the sounds in a movie are convincing. The Foley technique is named after Jack Foley, a sound editor for Universal Studios. Foleying is an excellent means of supplying the subtle sounds that production microphones often miss. The rustling of clothing, a squeak of a saddle when a rider mounts his horse, or the sound of falling rain give scenes a touch of realism.

What sound does the rainstick make when you turn it over?What is happening inside the rainstick to create this sound?What other types of materials could you put in the rainstick to make this noise?

From Canada, Ty was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1993. From his chaotic workspace he draws in several different illustrative styles with thick outlines, bold colours and quirky-child like drawings. Ty distils the world around him into its basic geometry, prompting us to look at the mundane in a different way.

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