This document discusses different types of music venues and concert hall designs. It describes how venues can range in size from small coffeehouses to large indoor arenas. Typically, different venue types host different music genres, such as operas in concert halls and pop music in nightclubs. The document then focuses on design considerations for concert halls, emphasizing how the shape and structure must enhance the listening experience. Common concert hall designs include shoebox, fan-shaped, and vineyard styles.

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2.  A music venue is any location used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in
size and location, from a small coffeehouse for folk music shows, an
outdoor bandshell or bandstand or a concert hall to an indoor sports stadium.
 Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music. Opera houses, bandshells,
and concert halls host classical music performances, whereas public houses ("pubs"), nightclubs,
and discothèques offer music in contemporary genres, such as rock, dance, country, and pop.

3. Opera-Theatre
The Grand Theatre,
Warsaw, ca. 1890
Allianz Arena, Múnich,
Alemania
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Julia Davis Bandshell
public houses ("pubs")
nightclubs
classical music

4. Suntory hall Musikverein Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, CA, jjron
Die Elbphilharmonie
Finlandia Hall
Kimmel Center for the Performing
Arts, Philadelphia

5.  acoustically successful
 the room must enhance the musical experience of the listener, whether on stage as
a performer or in the audience.
 appropriate sound fields for enhancement, at the listener's head.
 Design a functioning Auditorium according to the type of performance and the
number of the audience
 Keep the standard distance for a comfortable audience seating
 The multiple-aisle arrangement
 The continental seating plan
 Keep the scenery low for better visibility
 For greater intimacy with the audience, go with the Thrust Stage
 Keep your theater flexible
 Sound quality is as important as visibility

6.  Appropriate acoustics for the listener in the hall, such as proper reverberation, is
an essential starting point for the design of performance spaces to (also) satisfy
the needs of performers.
1. Early reflections of sound between musicians are essential;
2. There is a minimum and maximum delay for early reflections to be useful;
3. Horizontal reflections are preferred over vertical reflections;
4. High frequency components in reflections are most important;
5. Reflections from different instrument groups should be balanced;
6. The reduction of sound due to the presence of the orchestra should be
compensated.

7. Great Amber
Concert Hall /
Volker Giencke
Concert Hall Impulse
Responses Pori, Finland:
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University Concert Hall

8.  As a special field of room acoustics, concert hall acoustics
focuses in the design of spaces for live music events, typically
unamplified. Concert halls are usually intended for classical
music performances (mainly symphonic works) with audience
capacity ranging from 300 to 2500 seats.
Basic room shape
There are only a few shapes that serve as a starting point
for the design of a concert hall, and of these, the most
typical tend to be shoebox (rectangular), fan-shaped,
and vineyard.
Shoebox style
The shoebox shape is simply a rectangular room, typically
with some balconies. Thus, the basic design is simple, but
if not careful enough, this type of room can have problems
with flutter echoes (explained in our article about room
acoustics). A well-known example of a shoebox concert
hall is Musikverein in Vienna.
Musikverein. Photo
by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas

9. Fan-shaped style
Fan-shaped rooms are perhaps the more common, as they are able
to accommodate a large number of attendants while keeping a
frontal view of the performers. At the same time they are not prone
to flutter echoes, simply because of the non-parallel walls.
Additionally, the width of the room at the rear seats allows for good
spaciousness of sound.
Auditorium in the Heydar Aliyev Cultural
Center. Photo by Khalilov
Vineyard style
Vineyard concert halls are named this way because the seating
sections resemble slopes in a vineyard. This type of room has
several advantages: 1) It is visually interesting. 2) The irregular
pattern helps to avoid acoustic issues, such as flutter echoes and
focusing (explained in our article about room acoustics).
DR Concert Hall. Photo by Pugilist