Scott wrote:
On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 4:59:12 AM UTC-7, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
When they start amplifying orchestras and bands, balances get all
screwed
up. First, the musicians never learn how to balance themselves for
the audience.
They are not supposed to. They are supposed to play as normal and let
the sound guys figure out the rest.
The sound guys can't perform alongside the musicians. The musicians,
especially when they have a solo, will seek out the nearest microphone and
play to it.
The piano, for example, should have the lid open and the sound
coming toward the audience, not shut and stuffed with microphones.
Actually pianos are designed to be played either way. Can't say that
I have ever been to a concert where the mic was shoved under a closed
lid though.
A concert piano sounds just fine with no amplification because they
routinely set up the instrument at the front and play to the audience and
balance themselves with the orchestra. But go to a jazz concert and suddenly
all principles of good sound depend on the microphones and engineers. The
piano is shoved to the back unless it is a headline player, and the only way
you can hear it is thru the sound system.
I have seen the horn section playing
with the bell of the horn facing the floor, either through lack of
showmanship or because of the damn microphones.
That is how the French horn is supposed to be played.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fren...w=1600&bih=741
When have you ever seen one played with the bell facing out?
Who said anything about French horns?
Gary Eickmeier