Ron Capik wrote:
straightnut wrote:

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Your window makes sense, and I respect your experience. I think we all
feel the tempo window that you're talking about at any given time. But
I just wonder if anyone had noticed the window itself shifting from
early to late. Something like quarter note = 115-125bpm feeling right
for 5 PM, but 110-120bpm feeling right for 8 AM
Just curiosity on my part.

And maybe the subjectiveness of music listening makes this whole point
moot. I listen to some of my old songs recorded years ago and they feel
like they're dragging a moose. I'm amazed that I chose such a tempo
back then. The me that I was must have felt like it worked. The me that
I am wants to kick the cassette player.

Jeff

Interesting thesis. You might want to pose the question in a group
like rec.music.compose or rec.music.theory for a different perspective.
I wonder if concert musicians ever have a feeling of fighting the metronome
depending on time of day, etc. ..or if the daylight savings time shift might
have some circadian impact...

Later...

Ron Capik
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That's a good point about fighting the metronome. When we record
original works, we don't refer to the metronome except to perhaps label
the work with a tempo we've already discovered by feel. But practicing
a work whose tempo has already been established from prior recordings
by other artists/orchestras/bands or labeled as, say, quarter note
equals 120 might make this perception anomaly more obvious.
Jeff