Take into account, speed of sound and distance between members.
2006-10-15 13:03:20 · 7 answers · asked by The Sleep dog collective 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
They're going to play 'slightly' out of time on account of the speed of sound at any distance if they're taking their timing from each other as opposed to the conductor. If they're taking their timing from a conductor they won't actually 'play' out of time (excluding the issue of the speed of light) but will sound like they are to a perceiver in any one place.
In any event, you're asking when it becomes noticable not when it happens, since it happens to some degree at any distance. That depends on how quickly the perceiver processes auditory information, which varies from person to person.
2006-10-15 13:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know this doesn't happen in a live scenario, with one orchestra. We all follow the conductors baton.
It could happen with a satelite link up if human error ruled the day a technical hitch.
In practice human error can also mean mistakes will happen, but hopefully they are ironed out before ticket performances.
'Laughs at' seems to think that there some scientific gobblydegook at hand to explain this phenomena 'out of time' 'out of sink' or is it really 'time travel' and Orsen Wells we need to be looking at. The time machine. Certainly not a professional orchestra employing professional musicians, even amateurs can be convincing as the next generations professional musicians.
For none musicians and people not familiar with the workings of an orchestra or the music they 've gone to listen to, some may feel that the music is out of time, when in actual fact it isn't and what you are hearing are the instruments of the orchestra playing there parts.
Would someone please let me know if time travel is possible?
2006-10-15 13:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by Nosey parker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the acoustics of the venue and whether or not they are reading music otherwise the audience will only be in earshot of a section of the orchestra that is visible to them say if the orchestra is 25 miles long you wouldn't be able to determine much more than you could see or hear taking into account that there are only so many different types of instrument your cluster of the orchestra would sound OK and say quarter of a mile along would sound in tune to that segment of audience providing they are all reading the same sheet music
2006-10-15 18:00:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a duet, there is a line through the middle of them. If you're on that line, you can hear them in time, but, elsewhere, which is pretty much everywhre, they are slightly out of time. With a trio, only one place (the centre of the triangle, if that is how they are arranged) can hear them all in time. For larger groups, the chances are that there is nowhere you can be and hear them all in time. Only if the players are arranged in the form of a regular polygon can you guarantee that there is even one point that they can be heard playing in time.
So, the likeliest answer to your question is: a quartet.
2006-10-15 13:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Barks-at-Parrots 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time travelling orchestras'!!!! Far Out
2006-10-15 13:14:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
surely they wont play out of time as they all follow the conductor and he is the one who keeps time as long as they can all see him then they will always be in time
2006-10-15 13:12:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, good question. No idea I'm afraid- I'll look forward to the answer!
2006-10-15 13:09:32 · answer #7 · answered by maybealice 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋