[Dixielandjazz] Re: accoustics and the drumer/piano

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In a message dated 3/29/2005 12:00:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
dixielandjazz-request at ml.islandnet.com writes:
I just know that there is more than 25
mS between the position of the piano to the drums & the piano on a large
stage when you account for the area above (where all the scenery floats!).
 I just know that there is more than 25
mS between the position of the piano to the drums & the piano on a large
stage when you account for the area above (where all the scenery floats!).
* * *  *

Sound travels "approximately" 1,000 ft/second.  A 25ms delay is approximately 
25 feet.... Two sources of sound - one 25 foot farther from the listener than 
the other - can easily be percieved.  In other words the pianist who 
accoustically hears his/her rhytym line from the piano may  have a challenge when 
hearing a drummer's rhythm line who is 25 or more foot distant.  Add to the fact 
that the pianist may hear multiple reflections of the drummer's rhythm line 
because of  the sound bouncing off the walls, ceiling, and other hard 
surfaces..... each of these reflected sound waves travel further distances between the 
source (drum) and the listener (pianist) - the further the distance, the longer 
it takes to reach the ears.   Yes?  No?  

The moral of the story is that it pays to learn the drums and not the piano.  
The drummer causes  the problem and the pianist must live with it :-))))

Gordon of Northridge