Knock on Wood, a community sound walk

The Walk Club, Edinburgh and other walking activities take place in North Edinburgh and elsewhere. Covering a wide variety of subjects and themes, the Walk Club is a brand-new Edinburgh walking / wheeling club offering ambulatory meet-ups that focus on local history, art, and urban nature ~ with a twist ~ Each walk will have a theme and celebrate events such as the Festival of Terminalia, the Urban Tree Festival, May Day, and the Autumn Equinox. The walks will be stimulating and the company friendly. Fresh air and gentle exercise are promised, whether you are on wheels or feet, and the Walk Club is open to everyone. Children and dogs are welcome. The aim is to be accessible, inclusive, and flexible.Moving slowly through the urban landscape allows for higher quality noticing and time to pay attention. Pauses are important so we can look, smell, and discover. We will embrace community, as well as silence and conversation.With experience in the arts and community settings, I offer walks (ecological, history and psychogeography, for example) in Edinburgh and elsewhere in Europe. They are participatory, safe and inclusive. I also run workshops in venues such as Edinburgh Central Library and for festivals such as the Festival of Terminalia.

Tamsin

Walking together and making a sound walk  by recording the sounds of trees

Pianodrome

Knock on Wood is a collective sound walk celebrating the Urban Tree Festival in Edinburgh. Taking place on Saturday 18 May, 1.30 - 3.30 pm, it is free of charge and starts and ends at the Pianodrome, Granton, with refreshments (by donation).Accessibility: For everyone - mostly pavement walking, so wheels will be as welcome as feet- human, dog or other.As well as being a song by Amii Stewart, the title for this walk Knock on Wood comes from a description of what people do when they're looking for suitable trees to make pianos with. They knock on them and listen to the tone to see if they're suitable.We will walk together, to and around trees in Granton, knock on them and record the sounds, making a collective sound walk.I will compile the recordings after the walk and hope we will have some material to make something of it. Walkers will be invited to collaborate on a soundwalk afterwards. You will also be welcome to bring sketch books to draw, paint or respond in other ways to the trees we visit in the urban setting.Hopefully we will meet the types of trees that are sometimes used to make pianos – spruce (Norway and Sitka), beech, rock maple, Douglas fir, walnut, cherry, alder, ash, holly, hornbeam, oak and Pippy (cat’s paw) oak. If you know the location of these trees in the vicinity of the Pianodrome, please let me know and I will divert the walk to include them if I can.Pianodrome address: Pianodrome Warehouse Granton, The Red Bus Depot, 28 West Harbour Road, Edinburgh EH5 1PN. Find the Pianodrome near the crossroads of Chestnut St (Granton Middle Harbour), Waterfront Avenue and West Harbour Road, 10 minutes walk westwards from Granton Square.Nearest transport links: There is parking at the Pianodrome. Buses: the 9 passes very close to the venue. Granton Square: 16, 19, 22, Airport 200. Good cycle paths in and out of the area though the West Harbour Road can be busy so take care.W3W/// cried.emerge.giftThis event is in collaboration with: the Pianodrome (piano experts and custodians of the community orchard) <a href="https://www.pianodrome.org/" title="https://www.pianodrome.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.pianodrome.org/</a>, the Edinburgh tree map <a href="http://edinburghtreemap.org/" title="http://edinburghtreemap.org/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://edinburghtreemap.org/</a>, the City of Edinburgh Council Forestry Service, and the Granton Community Orchard.More info on my blog: https://walkingwithoutadonkey.com/2024/04/17/knock-on-wood-urban-tree-festival/

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