These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.
まもなくこの大きな鐘の音も沈黙して、別な弱い単調な小さな鐘の音にとってかわられた。
まもなくこのおおきなかねのおともちんもくして、べつなよわいたんちょうなちいさなかねのおとにとってかわられた。Soon this large bell's sound fell silent and was replaced by another weak, monotonous small bell sound.