{"id":729,"date":"2008-02-01T18:08:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T02:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/01\/acoustic-phenomenon\/"},"modified":"2013-02-07T18:38:19","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T02:38:19","slug":"acoustic-phenomenon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/01\/acoustic-phenomenon\/","title":{"rendered":"acoustic phenomenon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"arlene<\/a>
\nPhoto credit: Charles Noble<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s amazing, how different things can sound just by moving a few feet in any direction.<\/p>\n

I was up in the balcony this morning as the Adams Chamber Symphony<\/em> was being rehearsed. I started in the Dress Circle. Ok sound, nothing super, couldn’t hear the keyboard, any of the lower frequency instruments.<\/p>\n

I moved up to the lower balcony. Super muddy sound, no clarity at all.<\/p>\n

Up to the upper balcony. Better sound, lower frequencies starting to bloom a bit more.<\/p>\n

All the way up to the last row. Great sound! The clarity is astonishing. Good bass response, I can even hear the poor outnumbered string instruments.<\/p>\n

If I had a choice, I’d sit in the center section of the last couple rows of the upper balcony, and bring binoculars with me. I think they’re the best seats for hearing what the orchestra actually sounds like in Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.<\/p>\n

The Chamber Symphony<\/em> sounds great – it’s a very difficult work, and everyone’s earning their principal pay playing it this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo credit: Charles Noble It’s amazing, how different things can sound just by moving a few feet in any direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[115,2],"tags":[3668],"class_list":["post-729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-oregon-symphony"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-bL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":735,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/06\/oso-reviews-other-thoughts\/","url_meta":{"origin":729,"position":0},"title":"oso reviews, other thoughts","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a round up of the reviews I've spotted of our weekend of Classical 8 series concerts, featuring the Adams Chamber Symphony. 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