1. Falling: suspension at a zenith with a rapid downward movement of pitch
Semantic Description:
Abruptly interrupted unstable balance. Suspension then swing. The acknowledgment of the suspension is delayed.
Morphologic description:
Limited in time. 2 phases
Phase 1: uniform with an internal movement of suspension
Phase 2: acceleration and evolution in pitch.

2. Expansion: a push or pull outward creating a wider sound space
Semantic description:
Conveys the feeling of moving towards the maximum of a process. Feeling of expectation. 2 contradictory forces creating the feeling of an increasing tension.
Morphologic description:
Limited in time. 1 phase
The constant increase of one of the parameters of the matter of the cell.

3. Slowing: deceleration of movement in any given direction
Semantic description
Feeling of a movement forward progressively (but rapidly) pull to a stop.
Morphologic description
Limited in time. 1 phase
Two opposite profiles (successive or simultaneous)
Something going forward and something pulling back.

4. Waves: undulating movement of crests and troughs in a cyclical pattern
Semantic description:
With each cycle conveys the feeling of being pushed forward with a decreasing energy. The general feeling is that of steadiness.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time.
Repetition of a delta pattern increase/decrease of energy. The delta pattern can apply to various parameters (pitch, intensity, mass…). Slow to moderate tempo.

5. Inertial: scattered sounds attempting to initiate full motion
Semantic description:
Sounds like something trying to begin a motion
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time. 2 phases
Repetition of 2 short phases. The 1st phase is a short articulated form. The 2nd phase is an opposition to the 1st and can be a suspension, a silence, or a holdback

6. Endless: a constantly extending trajectory that never ceases
Semantic description:
Trajectory conveying the feeling that it could extend forever.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time. 1 phase.
A trajectory performed by one or several parameters of sound is heard (pitch, intensity, mass…) with the feeling of an energy constantly renewed.

7. Chaotic: constant, confusing motion and excessive sounds
Semantic description:
General feeling of confusion. Ensemble with a high internal mobility without a general direction.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time
High density of multiple events, contradictory and possibly simultaneous

8. Compressive Expansion Explosion: uneven compression of sound followed by a uniform crescendo
Semantic description
Feeling of compression at first then release of the energy. Going from local energy to diffused energy.
Morphologic description:
Limited in time. 2 phases
Phase 1: discontinuous and uneven matter
Phase 2: Uniform with a crescendo

9: Floating: light and airy movement with no apparent pattern.
Semantic description:
Temporal continuum with no feeling of expectation
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time
Slow tempo. Discrete sonic events displayed with no perceivable structure on a smooth continuum.

10: Heaviness: slow, accented movement in opposition to faster motion
Semantic Description:
Conveys the feeling of a difficulty to go forward.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time.
Repeated cell of a non strictly identical pattern. The repetition has a controlled dissymmetry.
There is an accent or a crescendo at the beginning of each repetition of the cell. Each accent renews the kinetic energy of the motion. The tempo is slow to moderate.

11. Propulsion: sound that pushes or pulls forward
Semantic description:
Feeling of being regularly pulled forward.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time. 1 phase.
Unit with a constantly renewed energy and a direction. Constituted of one phase repeated with no interruption. This phase contains an accent.

12: Conclusive: predictable end to the energy of sound
Semantic description
Entirely predictable natural end of a movement
Morphologic description:
Limited in time. 1 phase
Progressive and regular decrease of the energy.

13: Hesitative: interruption in movement
Semantic description:
Interrupted movement.
Morphologic description:
Limited in time. 2 phases
Phase 1: short and varied repeated cell evolving in one direction
Phase 2: contrasting the first. Decrescendo or silence.

14: Entropic: opposite of chaotic; divergence of information that implies motion, but with immobility
Semantic Description:
Feeling of a general immobility conveyed by successive contradictory directions.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time.
Made of short moments reflecting contradictory organizational systems. The contradictory directions are successive and not simultaneous. The general energy remains potential (no used in one movement)

15: Accumulative: swelling and storage of energy prior to impulse of motion
Semantic description
The gathering of the energy prior to the motion.
Morphologic description
Limited in time. 2 phases
Phase 1: the gathering. Concentration.
Phase 2: the very first instant of the movement. One direction.

16: Suspended: hanging in expectation of an unknown, but impending movement
Semantic description:
Feeling of hesitating awaiting. Expectation of something to happen without knowing what or when.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time
Repetition of cell on a slow tempo with no variation and very little evolution.

17: Obsessive: persistent repetition that continues the energy of motion
Semantic description:
Persisting autonomous repetition. Each repetition renew the energy.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time. One phase in each repetition
Unit with an direction (orientation) containing one cell (phase) repeated in a pulsated time.

18: Spinning: constant, animated turning
Semantic description:
Conveys the feeling of an animated spinning or turning object .
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time.
Continuous repetition of a cell with a general “delta” pattern i.e. a crescendo-decrescendo with an accent at the apex of the crescendo. This pattern can be asymmetrical (the crescendo can be shorter than the decrescendo)

19: Stationary: constant, but directionless and purposeless
Semantic description:
Feeling of continuity. No expectation. Something is happening but goes nowhere.
Morphologic description:
Unlimited in time
Slow tempo. Regularity and permanence.