field recording

term used for an audio recording produced outside a recording studio for the purpose of capturing the audible illustration of an environment
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field recording

Summary

field recording is an audio content genre[1]. It draws 317 Wikipedia views per month (audio_content_genre category, ranking #2 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • field recording's instance of is recorded as audio content genre[3].
  • field recording's instance of is recorded as technique[4].
  • field recording is a type of non-music[5].
  • field recording is a type of audio recording[6].
  • field recording's Commons category is recorded as Field recording[7].
  • field recording's facet of is recorded as sound recording process[8].
  • field recording's facet of is recorded as field research[9].
  • field recording's different from is recorded as ethnomusicological field recording[10].
  • field recording's uses is recorded as field recorder[11].
  • field recording's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'field recording'}[12].
  • field recording's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'phonography'}[13].
  • field recording's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Music[14].
  • field recording's does not use is recorded as recording studio[15].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include audio content genre[3] and technique[4]. Recorded subclass of include non-music[5] and audio recording[6].

Why It Matters

field recording draws 317 Wikipedia views per month (audio_content_genre category, ranking #2 of 4).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from ethnomusicological field recording
    Facet of sound recording process, field research
    Maintained by wikiproject WikiProject Music
    Uses field recorder
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|13 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38997, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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