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Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-08-07 12:53
Tom H wrote:
> Do they prevent you from hearing everything as it is played?
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Well, good ones let you hear a measured percentage of the external sound around you. The trouble is, in my experience, they all shift the balance of what you hear of your own playing so that you hear much more through bone conduction, which at best distorts what you hear of your own sound and at worst changes your own perception of your pitch so adjusting intonation is hard.
I was actually motivated to ask about this as I watched a PBS video of the LA Philharmonic's 100th anniversary concert. The principal bassoonist was wearing earplugs quite openly on camera during the Infernal Dance of Firebird Suite. He was not wearing them later during the Berceuse - they were hanging from a cord draped over his neck.
Karl
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