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Post by princessmoose on May 21, 2006 19:12:00 GMT
When I practice in a small room, I find it really hard to get a good sound and it makes me give up so easily. As soon as I get into somewhere bigger I sound soooo much better. Anyone else find this?
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Post by Trebor on May 21, 2006 20:21:50 GMT
I rarely get to play in anything bigger than my lounge. My Grade 8 was in a large hall though, and I thought it sounded better. But I expect that's largely due to the wonderful Bösendorfer Grand I was playing than the acoustics. I suppose it's different if you can play the same instrument in different rooms...
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Post by YetAnotherKlavierist on May 21, 2006 20:28:42 GMT
I've played the same harpsichord in a store room and a large hall. In the hall, it was hard to hear it but the tone was somewhat better. I did, however, struggle to hear myself play - the sound disappeared to fill the room, leaving me with the impression that no-one could hear me, so I had fun embellishing on the figured bass parts extensively and only found out afterwards that I could be heard and had impressed a few people ;D.
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Post by anacrusis on May 21, 2006 23:17:41 GMT
I think the amount of soft furnishing has an added effect. It sounds much better if I play in our dining room without five heaps of laundry waiting to be processed on the floor...  |
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Post by jod on May 25, 2006 11:21:18 GMT
Yep, that's why the Recital Room was the most pouplar place to practice when I was at college. My Dining room isn't bad as it has hard furnishings and a laminate floor.
The Church I'm giving my September recital in has the most wonderful acoustics. I love big acoustics.
As Deborah will testify, the wierdest place I've performed was the concourse of Euston Station. I was involved in a charity Messiah where I was the soprano soloist. The great thing was I also could sing all the choruses too ( And Handel wrote some corkers). The acoustics carried my high notes beautifully, but my lower notes were hard work!
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