CSHS Year 9 Concert Hall Acoustics

The concert hall was designed primarily around the acoustics, and not the how the concert hall looks

• true

• false

The large flat surfaces in the concert hall

• reflect sound

• absorb sound

• diffuse sound

The seating in the concert hall is covered with a woven fabric to

• reflect sound

• absorb sound

• diffuse sound

There are many parallel surfaces in the concert hall to reflect sound

• true

• false

The concert hall is shaped like a

• horn

• shell

• hammer

• an ellipse

The shape of the concert hall allows sound to echo on the stage

• true

• false

The holes in the panelling on the walls in the concert hall are to

• absorb sound

• diffuse sound

• reflect sound

The fins on ceiling of the concert hall are to

• absorb sound

• reflect sound

• diffuse sound

The fins on the ceiling mean that the audience sounds from one side of the hall do not travel to the other side of the hall, or onto the stage

• true

• false

The panels on the stage have different sides.

• One side has felt on it and reflects sound, the other side is hard and absorbs sound

• One side has felt on it and absorbs sound, the other side is hard and reflects sound

• One side has felt on it and absorbs sound, the other side is hard and diffuses sound

• One side has felt on it and diffuses sound, the other side is hard and absorbs sound