Abstract
The concept of soundscape was originally proposed by R. Murray Shafer. This article introduces the concept of soundscape and its evolution until now. This article systematically explains why and how Schafer has proposed the concept of soundscape, the features of concept of soundscape, three areas to realize the soundscape concept (acoustic ecology, soundscape design, and sound education), and expansion and interdisciplinary nature of the soundscape concept. Researchers in the area of music perception and cognition may not ignore the stream of the soundscape study. Readers can understand what soundscape is by this article.
