{"id":8,"date":"2006-01-03T09:34:07","date_gmt":"2006-01-03T17:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=8"},"modified":"2007-02-22T20:10:28","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T04:10:28","slug":"acoustics-can-you-hear-me-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2006\/01\/03\/acoustics-can-you-hear-me-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Acoustics – can you hear me now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good article on acoustics for the audience, and how, even in a great hall, where you sit can make a huge difference in what you hear. For example – in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall here in Portland, you spend the most money for the Dress Circle seats, which are in the formost portion of the huge overhanging balcony, but these seats are probably the second worst in the house (after those on the main floor which are underneath the balcony) – they are great for looking, but not necessarily for listening. The best seats for just hearing the overall sound of the orchestra are those waaay up in the nosebleed section, the highest part of the balcony. They’re also cheapest – go figure!
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Here’s the link<\/a> to the Anne Midgette article in the NY Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A good article on acoustics for the audience, and how, even in a great hall, where you sit can make a huge difference in what you hear. For example – in the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall here in Portland, you spend the most money for the Dress Circle seats, which are in the formost portion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[55,3662,3656],"class_list":["post-8","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-orchestra-world","tag-orchestra","tag-portland","tag-the-orchestra-world"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":243,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/03\/14\/not-just-butts-in-seats\/","url_meta":{"origin":8,"position":0},"title":"not just butts in seats","author":"Charles Noble","date":"March 14, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"The Utah Symphony is trying a new tactic to eliminate huge swaths of empty seats in their hall: they're blacking out seats in the back and upper tiers to pack concertgoers closer together to give the impression of a larger audience.\u00c2\u00a0 Read the complete story from the Salt Lake Tribune\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "the orchestra world"","block_context":{"text":"the orchestra world","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/music\/the-orchestra-world\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":729,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/02\/01\/acoustic-phenomenon\/","url_meta":{"origin":8,"position":1},"title":"acoustic phenomenon","author":"Charles Noble","date":"February 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Photo credit: Charles Noble It's amazing, how different things can sound just by moving a few feet in any direction. 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