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> Instead, Fridman et al. found that the players reacted by adjusting their playing, quickening or slowing their tempo to better synchronize with their fellow v
by powersnail 6y ago
> Instead, Fridman et al. found that the players reacted by adjusting their playing, quickening or slowing their tempo to better synchronize with their fellow violinists
Not to take away from paper’s conclusion, but that is what professional orchestra musicians do. You are taught to “blend in”, regardless of whether the whole section is rushing or lagging.
A conductor can fix tempo issue, but can’t fix a un-synchronized section.
I’d like to see this experiment repeated on some soloists. (You do see soloists fighting the orchestra sometimes, to enforce their own interpretation, rather the conductors)
- spython 6y agoI tried a totally un-synchronized approach a while ago, basically relying on people's (total amateurs) inner clock and memory. This video shows what came out of it: https://rybakov.com/project/synchrony/ https://rybakov.com/project/synchrony/
- Phrodo_00 6y agoDo they have any reference (a metronome or clicktrack) or is it completely without reference? I think professional musicians would do better, but still be out of sync if they didn't have a tempo reference.
- spython 6y agoThey all listened to a cover of the song a few times before singing – since the original John Lennon's 'Imagine' is way slower than one remembers. Still, the inability to be in sync without listening to each other, the inability to 'be as one' is kind of the point of this exercise.
- dbcurtis 6y agothat is a sign of a crap conductor. Soloist leads.