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Audiences have a natural tendency to slow down. They're mostly not musicians and I imagine their clapping as a response to the music (and the other clappers) ra
by psychometry 12y ago
Audiences have a natural tendency to slow down. They're mostly not musicians and I imagine their clapping as a response to the music (and the other clappers) rather than internalizing the music as a performer would.
- darkmighty 12y agoIf you start from a perfectly synchronized audience and assume they clap reactively, you'd expect them to delay each of their claps by ~1/2 speed of sound * width of the room. A good example for why on music you need a good rhythm (internal constant frequency driver) instead of acting reactively to perform well.
- psychometry 12y agoYes, the audience will slow down regardless. Either the band slows down with them or they keep the same tempo and the clapping gets screwed up. It's frustrating as a performer trying to fight the audience and the only solution I know is to have the house levels sufficiently loud that the audience continually adjusts.