The Influence of Room Acoustics on Solo Music Performances

Zora Schärer Kalkandjiev

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Zora Schärer Kalkandjiev, The Influence of Room Acoustics on Solo Music Performances (2015), Logos Verlag, Berlin, ISBN: 9783832594398

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Beschreibung / Abstract

This book addresses the question of how musicians are influenced by their room acoustical environment when playing on a concert hall stage. Even though the concept of adapting a music performance to room acoustics is often taken for granted by musicians, it is unclear if and how such adjustments take place in practice and which aspects of room acoustics play a role in this context. Empirical investigations in both real-world and simulated concert halls are presented in the book to shed light on the question.

A case study with a cellist performing in European concert halls as well as a laboratory study with musicians playing in virtual room acoustical environments simulated by means of dynamic binaural synthesis were conducted. Both investigations make use of room acoustical computer models to determine the room acoustical conditions typically encountered by musicians on stage. Software-based performance analysis is employed to quantify musically and perceptually relevant aspects of performance. The influence of diverse room acoustical parameters on numerous performance characteristics is investigated with the statistical methods of multilevel regression models.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

  • BEGINN
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Theory
  • 2.1. Performance and interpretation of music
  • 2.2. Model of a solo music performance
  • 2.3. Performative adjustments recommended by scholars and musicians
  • 3. Related Work
  • 3.1. Room acoustics and the performance of music
  • 3.2. Stage acoustics
  • 4. Methods
  • 4.1. Research design
  • 4.2. Room acoustical measurements and simulation
  • 4.3. Performance analysis
  • 4.4. Hierarchical linear models
  • 4.5. Qualitative content analysis
  • 5. Field Study
  • 5.1. Performances
  • 5.2. Room acoustics
  • 5.3. Statistical analysis
  • 5.4. Guided interviews
  • 5.5. Conclusions
  • 6. Laboratory Study
  • 6.1. Performances
  • 6.2. Room acoustics
  • 6.3. Technical setup and experimental procedure
  • 6.4. Statistical analysis
  • 6.5. Guided interviews
  • 6.6. Conclusions
  • 7. Overall Discussion and Conclusions
  • A. Performance Data
  • B. Room Acoustical Data
  • B.1. In-situ measurements field study
  • B.2. Parameters of room acoustical simulations
  • B.3. PCA components used in laboratory study
  • C. Interviews and Questionnaire
  • C.1. Qualitative content analysis
  • C.2. Questionnaire

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