The Language and Music of the Wolves

The Language and Music of the Wolves

I missed last Sunday's nature/environmental sounds post. Didn't mean to do that. I guess that's the way it goes sometimes. I decided to post something other than bird songs this Sunday. Hope this is educational as our foolish government thinks it's okay to shoot wolves again so they could go back on the verge of extinction.

From the liner notes:

The actual language and music of the Wolf recorded in his remaining territories. And the true explanation of the Wolf and Man, narrated by Robert Redford, actor and nature lover. (Another project of Natural History Magazine)

Some slightly technical information:

The wolf howl is a long, low, mournful sound. It is continuous - from about half a second to 11 seconds in length. It consists of a fundamental frequency, between 150 and 780 cycles per second, and contains up to 12 harmonically related overtones. The pitch remains constant or varies smoothly, and may change direction as many as four or five times. Total intensity does not vary greatly throughout. Yet there is much variation in the howling of different wolves.The following howls were recorded in Ontario, Michigan, and Minnesota.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Robert Redford narrates The Wolf You Never Knew {14:25}

Side 2

1. Sounds of the Wolf: Opening Howl {1:07}

2. Sounds of the Wolf: First Growls {1:28}

3. Sounds of the Wolf: Pup Howls {1:26}

4. Sounds of the Wolf: Wolf Barking {1:15}

5. Sounds of the Wolf: Series of 3 Adjacent Single Howls {2:12}

6. Sounds of the Wolf: Comparative Difference in Howls {0:50}

7. Sounds of the Wolf: Single Howls {0:54}

8. Sounds of the Wolf: Combined Sounds of the Wolf {1:17}

9. Sounds of the Wolf: Distant and Close-up Howling {1:54}

10. Sounds of the Wolf: Series of Group Howls {4:14}

11. Sounds of the Wolf: Joint Group Howl {3:00}

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