Unit 3 Final

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Op-Ed: Architect and music
Music and Architect

When we talk about Music and Architects the need arises to describe how the architect
and the shape of the space have for a long time made considerable impact on music creation and
the performance. This establishes a platform that bring out the mutual relationship that exists
between music and architecture and in doing so explains that they are dependent on each other.
The architectural design is portrayed as being the independent variable whereas the creation of
music and the performance is the independent variable. In my opinion this reasoning is biased
since although music is to a large extent related to architecture, it is not wholly dependent on itacoustic architectural adjustments only affect a small percentage of music.
Definition of Music and its Relation to Architect
Music can simply be defined as an emotional case of artist translated into a musical art
and designed to impact the audience. From this definition it is imperative to say that creation of
music is consistent of three major things;
1. The composer
2. The listener
3. The musical work
Architectural work only falls under the the musical works because it helps in ensuring
that the message gets to the audience. What I am trying to say is that when the artist is creating
music often times they do not have the architectural design in mind. What the artist usually has is
the emotion that they long to express to audience.
The Hollywood Example

We gave several architectural examples to emphasize on their reasoning that the mode of
architectural design determines the performance and creation of music. The example of the
Hollywood bowl and continues to explain how its architectural design influences the creation of
music and performance. The Hollywood bowl is designed in such a way that it has moveable
panels which allows all the audience to get what the artist is saying regardless of their sitting
position.
Images of the Hollywood bowl
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From these images, it is clear that the design is actually accommodative of many
audiences just as the research paper depicts. This does not however translate that the design
affected the creation of music or that it is the design that is bound to affect the performance.
Even with the best architectural designs the artist can still have the worst performance on stage.
Architectural acoustic
Architectural acoustics is simply a science and engineering aimed at enhancing a good
sound within a building mostly used when the building is meant to be a theatre, meeting hall or
just a place where various kinds of presentations can be made. In the research article the authors
focused on architectural autistics and tried to explain how innovative measures or variable space
can be utilized to address the challenge transforming regular indoor events to variable acoustic
spaces.
The acoustic designs use various innovative methods just as we explained. There are
various materials that can be used with the floor, windows, walls and roof that can make certain
adjustments into the sound so that it is well articulated to the audience. The adjustment is made
through
Sound absorption; especially in reducing background noise.

Sound reflection
Sound transmission
Images of acoustic architectural designs
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Some of the examples that were included in the research paper in trying to explain this
skill are the floor of early Greece and Rome which were made of stones that could reflect sound.
Recent innovations include using the reverberation knowledge in projecting good sound to the
audience, utilizing the performance stage and the general space in the hall and use of moderndigitalized systems for reinforcing the sound.
Acoustic Designs in Relation to Creation of Music and Performance
Adjustment of the sound is supposed to automatically result in good performance and
music creation according to the paper. This is true to some extent, only to the point that the sound
is going to help the audience hear what the music artist is presenting. It also applies only to the
extent that the person performing will not worry about the straining so much to be heard by the
audience and can therefore just concentrate on the performance.
We dispute that simple adjustment of the sound system will affect the creation of music
and performance. This can never be true for various other reasons. To begin with analyzing of
performances not only takes sound into account but also focuses on the way the person
performing is able to utilize the stage, the way the person presents themselves and the way the
persons voice is even before it is amplified and adjusted in the way that the acoustic design
allows.
Conclusion
It is therefore not logical to say that if all the theatres are adjusted acoustically it will
mean that the performance of all the musicians and all the will be satisfactory or good. To add on
that, the adjustment of sound will have little if any effect on the creation of music. Music and
performance involves far many things, sound being just a small fraction of the many things.
Architectural adjustments will enhance performance and creation of music is so shallow. The
general flow of ideas and the examples given are good and necessary but not sufficient. It calls
for critical thinking for a comprehensive relation about architect and music not just focusing on
sound.
References
In Sakuma, T., In Sakamoto, S., & In Otsuru, T. (2014). Computational simulation in
architectural and environmental acoustics: Methods and applications of wave-based
computation
Deutsch, D. (1999). The psychology of music. Amsterdam [u.a.: Academic Press
https://www.google.com/search?
q=Architectural+acoustic&tbm=isch&imgil=CYhomBE6e0EKaM%253
https://www.google.com/search?
q=the+hollywood+bowl&espv=2&biw=1024&bih=667&tbm=isch&imgil=dT4rHvrg4ldHlM%253A
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Op-Ed: Architect and music

Music and Architect

The Hollywood Example

Adopted from: https://www.google.com/search?

Sound absorption; especially in reducing background noise.

Images of acoustic architectural designs

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