[Dixielandjazz] Re: Bouncing Sound - Was Monitors03

[Ron L'Herault]

I'm willing to bet that the musicians in a symphony orchestra listen only to
their immediate neighbors if at all.  They don't really have to listen.
They get the tempo and cues from the conductor. That's why he is there.
They have mastered their instruments and reading skills are sharply honed so
they can follow the music.   There is no real need for them to listen to
anyone else.

Ron L

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com]On Behalf Of Stephen
Barbone
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 10:18 AM
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Re: Bouncing Sound - Was Monitors03


<SNIP>

But I have a further, perhaps stupid, question. How do 100 piece symphony
orchestras do it?  Do they all have monitors? Or do they block out the
delayed sounds, or the sound in
total and just follow the baton? How do those in the back, like
percussionists, manage to come in at the right spot. The must see the baton
giving the beat  slightly before the
delayed violin sounds on the beat reach them. Lordy Lordy, and they've been
playing like that for hundreds of years.

Man, it must be a bitch to be a symphony player with all that mishmash
bouncing around.  Plus a baton that is not on the beat. My respect for them
has just increased 10 fold.
;-)

Cheers,
Steve Barbone




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