What is so vital about church acoustics?
Church acoustics reflect what a congregation believes are vital sounds. Church acoustics also unveil what church leaders think that people should hear. This is one reason Protestant Reformers changed their church buildings; they wanted to hear different sounds, such as a sermon. And these days, a church that uses a modern worship style will design a different space than a church that uses only acoustic equipments. Medieval church buildings Tall ceilings and stone walls create an echo space that is somewhat like being within the sound box of an instrument. The congregation can sink into an environmental cushion of sound, but they can’t hear crispy enunciated words or distinguish polyphonic musical lines. Changing ideals in the protestant reformation Changing theological ideals changed the soundscape in Reformation era protestant churches. The congregation was meant to hear and realize the spoken words of the church leaders and the acoustics should work just like Municipal center a...