Posted by js on November 06, 2003 at 18:32:43:
In Reply to: Practice-room sound posted by SHS Tubamaster on November 05, 2003 at 21:00:31:
There are extremes.
One is the typical funky little 1960's built chicken-wire plaster walls practice room with the humming florescent light fixture. The thin walls actually vibrate enharmonically with the tuba and can make (produced by the player in tune) low F#'s sound almost like F naturals to the ear (just as an invented example). Further, the broken dampers on the destroyed, out-of-tune piano allow all of its strings to ring with each tuba sound produced. (and on and on...)
Another extreme is a huge ballroom with wood and marble that is so resonant and amplifies so much that no matter how badly one is playing, it all sounds "glorious".
A "dead" and "honest" room is the best place to practice. You'll know it when you find it.