This is a classic problem. The solution is to put down your horn, let the other horn player(s) continue to play, and take a seat next to one of the listeners who say there's a problem. Hear what they hear, ask them how different it is without you playing, and proceed accordingly. As a choral conductor, I regularly ask the group to continue singing and walk out into the house to listen - there's really no other way to know, and even that isn't perfect because any house sounds different with people than it does empty, but it's the best one can do.
Another thing might be to place a microphone and recorder out in the house and decide for yourself afterwards. Maybe your critic is a relative of your flute player and doesn't like horns? :) -S- > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > du] On Behalf Of Daniel Canarutto > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:39 AM > To: horn@music.memphis.edu > Subject: [Hornlist] sound balance (horns too loud?) > > Two different listeners at the rehearsals of my wind ensemble > (octet+flute) have said that the horns are too loud. Of > course I imagine that your advise will be: play softer. The > problem is that we do not feel the exact sound balance. I may > be hearing clearly the flute (say) but the listener says that > he can't. How can I get a feeling of what a listener hears? > Can the balance be affected by the place where we play? (The > next concert will be in a church, while we are rehearsing in > a relatively small room). > > Thanks for any input, > Daniel > _______________________________________________ > post: horn@music.memphis.edu > unsubscribe or set options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/steve%40fridaysc > omputer.com > _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
