Textures and Acoustic Environment
Track 1: Is the instrumentation and texture of the music suitable for the acoustic environment? Why? The horn and drum sections are very large. All those instruments together are creating a lot more vibration than if it would be just one instrument. Because this is an open space and there is hardly any walls where the sound could bounce off and reverberate, you need a lot of vibration to create a sound that can be heard by everyone on the tribunes as they are far away. The texture is homophonic. the horn section is playing the main melody line and the drums are accompanying them with rhythm. The texture is alright for the environment because there is only one melody playing. Because the area is big it would not be a good idea to play more melodies at once. The vibrations of the different melodies would have to travel far and bounce back at the building. This means a lot of the sounds would get lost and there would be a lot echo. If you are creating a complex melod...