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From
The Way of Music : Aural Training for the Internet Generation
By: Robin Maconie
ISBN: 0810858797
Published 2007
Scarecrow Press
437 pages

A fantastic book I would recommend to anyone. Simple to read, easy to understand, yet profile, much logical thinking, literature rich, psychology rich.

Here are the barks

1
What you hear is the truth.
The rest is up to you.

2
A dog barks:
Woof! Woof!

3
An unseen dog that barks
is still a dog.

4
If you can hear it,
then you can hear.

5
In a bark,
a dog exists.

6
A dog exists,
you exist.

7
In the bark of a dog,
the world exists.

8
A bark, a dog, a person listening,
a world in relation.

9
A dog barks
in order to hear

10
The sound of its voice
is the sound of its world.

11
The sound of its voice
the sound of your world.

12
A dog, a chicken:
what’s the difference?

13
A dog may howl at the moon
but a chicken commands the sun to rise

14
A dog barking
is a sign of life.

15
At the time of barking
a dog hears only itself

16
To anyone listening, the sound of dog barking
is like pebbles rattling in a wooden box.

17
To a dog, its bark
is the sound if its universe.

18
Woof! Woof!
Once for surprise, twice for emphasis.

19
A dog is in control of its body
but the sound it makes is out of its control.

20
A barking dog
is breathing out.

21
Before and after,
relative silence.

22
The sound of a dog barking
is only the air in between dealing with the pressure.

23
A dog barking
is converting stored energy into radiant energy.

24
The sound of a dog barking
can only spread outwards.

25
The energy in a dog’s bark
is as much as its lungs can hold.

26
A bark is powered
by compressed air.

27
The farther a bark travels in every direction
the less you hear in any one place.

28
A dog that barks
is a dog provoked.

29
When the barking stops,
its cause may remain.

30
A bird in flight, a barking dog:
air resistance.

31
A dog that barks
is showing its teeth.

32
A dog barking
has clear airways.

33
A dog barking
declares itself.

34
A dog barking
is standing upright.

35
A dog that barks
has energy to spare.

36
A dog barking
discovers its place.

37
If a barking dog is not here but there,
then there is not here.

38
By the time you hear a bark
its has already happened.

39
By the time you are sure it is a dog that is barking,
the sound has already passed into memory.

40
Before it barks
there is no dog.

41
When barking stops,
the dog stops.

42
A dog that barks
is using remote control.

43
A dog that barks
is witching channels.

44
The note of a dog barking
changes it world.

45
Where a barking dog can be heard
defines it territory.

46
The louder the sound,
the greater the silence.

47
A breeze is blowing:
the sound travels.

48
In the sound of a dog barking
you can hear that snow has fallen.

49
In the sound of a dog barking
you can hear that the air is dry or damp.

50
In the ambience of a dog barking
is an entire neighborhood.

51
In the pitch of a dog’s voice
is the size of the dog.

52
In the fullness of a dog’s voice
is its presence.

53
In the intensity of a dog’s voice
is its excitement.

54
In the certainty of a dog’s voice
is its maturity.

55
In the steadfastness of a dog’s voice
is its purpose.

56
In the definition of a dog’s bark
you can hear that it is in or out of doors.

57
A bark is rhythm,
a howl is melody.

58
Rhythm signifies action,
melody a state of being.

59
The direction from which a dog is barking
is in the ears of a listener.

60
A dog that barks
is telling the truth.

61
A dog barking
is not in pain.

62
A dog howling
is filling the void.

63
A good keeper
knows a dog’s voice.

64
The expression of a dog’s voice
is never the same.

65
The character of a dog’s voice
is in its face.

66
The dog that barks once
may bark again.

67
In the expectation of a second bark,
we experience time.

68
The first of two woofs
is always louder.

69
Unexpected is real:
the rest, imagination.

70
In recognition we understand
persistence of being.

71
A barking dog
is fully awake.

72
A barking dog
is a wake-up call.

73
Whoever hears a dog bark
intrudes in its space.

74
The dog that barks
is upbeat.

75
The dog that barks
is in good shape.

76
The power of a dog barking
is its physique.

77
The sharpness of a dog barking
is its reaction time.

78
The dog that barks first
may not have to fight later.

79
A barking dog
is imitating human speech.

80
A dog does not bark
and eat at the same time.

81
A bark is for warning
and also for confidence.

82
One breath, two woofs:
flash, bang.

83
Between the first woof and the
second, a moment of absence.

84
The second woof
prolongs the first.

85
The first woof initiates the action;
the second completes it.

86
The repetition of a bark
embodies time, form, and directedness.

87
The second woof is more predictable
than the first.

88
A dog barks
to clear its throat.

89
A dog barking
resembles the action of a musical instrument.

90
The sound of a musical instrument
combines force and resistance.

91
The greater the resistance,
the more structure the vibration.

92
In resistance is constancy,
in flexibility is change.

93
Whatever is flexible
is also uncertain.

94
The message of a bark
is not in the tone quality but in the intonation.

95
To bark one time
is the work of a moment.

96
To do it again
is a matter of practice.

97
Practice
is memory.

98
Air goes in, food goes in,
bark comes out.

99
A dog breathes
by opening its throat.

100
A dog barks
by closing its throat.

101
The sound of resistance
is a musical note.

My favorites: 12 13 18 21 30 51 57 94

Want to understand the above more? Get the book and read the essays under “book two: Walking the Dog”