Jennifer wrote:
>My first audition to get into university took place in an extremely
>resonant
>(aka echoey) room. I had only ever sung in small, dead practice rooms, or
>the college recital hall which was also pretty dead. I ended up singing out
>of tune for most of the first page because I couldn't figure out the
>acoustics. I cringe now whenever I have to sing in a room I've never tried
>out before...
>
>Jennifer, the first time I ever played organ for a church, I found out
>afterwards that there was a time lag: the sound of the congregation singing
>below was almost consistently one beat behind. Of course, I tried to drop
>back a beat, which lengthened the phrases somewhat strangely.
The pastor clued me in afterwards. Playing in that situation ultimately was
more entertaining than not. I remember one new choir member, before she
learned about the lag, frantically trying to conduct me, to set things
right! Finally I and the choir just became accustomed to it and ignored it.
Nancy C.
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