Cognitive modeling of musician's perception in concert halls

In order to investigate the effect of a hall response on music players, we have made various experimental studies up to now. In order to develop this research, one of the most important subjects is to understand the musicians' perception of the acoustic effects of halls. Musicians generally perceive the acoustic properties of a concert hall by keeping their performing action and by adjusting their playing technique subconsciously. This kind of interactive relationship between musicians and acoustic environment is really important when considering the acoustic values of concert halls for musicians. In this study, musicians' awareness of concert halls was investigated through interview survey and the cognitive psychological phenomena of musicians were interpreted by applying the "tacit knowing'' theory. Then the process to extract the musicians' perception in experimental studies on concert hall acoustics is discussed.