How Room Acoustics Impact Your Playing And What To Do About It

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Lesson Outline
00:00-00:29 Intro
00:30-01:15 3 Acoustics spaces
01:16-02:15 Dry rooms
02:16-03:08 Small untreated rooms
03:09-03:45 Large untreated rooms
03:46-05:16 Room tests and example etude
05:17-05:44 Perception versus reality
05:45-07:20 Step #1 to great sound
07:21-08:07 Step #2 to great sound
08:08-09:12 Step #3 to great sound
09:13-09:44 Wrap up
Equipment
Horn: Bach 36
Mouthpiece: Griego Alessi 7-D
Trombone mic: Royer R 101
Vocal mic: Lauten Audio LA 320 V2
Interface: Focusrite Clarett 4 pre
Pre-amp: Audient ASP800

[@owenkelly1689]

I just. picked up the trombone again after many many years away. I tend to play into a closet that is lined with clothes and blankets to hide my sound as much as possible.. Not very proud of what I am playing yet. I like this video and I will try to form a better internal idea of what I want to sound like. Thanks!

[@michaelstone446]

great video, thanks.

[@Lalo-eg6pn]

Great lesson! You’ve articulated my (our) experience so well . I have not come across this important issue about our sound and how we perceive it in the context of out practice environment. My kitchen seems to allow for a decent sound yet allows me to hear the flaws. Hallways and lobbies are great.😂hides a bit. Thanks Shawn!

[@MaxedWayOut]

Thanks! Confirmed my thinking on the subject. I always felt like practicing in a "dead" room where the finest flaws were evident was painful...but...good for the player ultimately. Kind of like a baseball batter swinging two bats to warm up. Make it tough in practice, then, easier in performance...good for your (metaphorical) "muscles".

[@johndowson7929]

I think Jack Teagarden had an amazing tone

[@ScratchySlide]

I live in a semi detached house, so 95% of my practice is done with a Shhhmute or a Yammy Silent Brass. Not ideal, but there you go.....