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How is campana verso il pubblico played?
Turn or lift the instrument so the bell faces the listeners more directly than in the ordinary playing position, while keeping posture, embouchure, pitch and articulation workable. Brass radiation is directional, so this can increase immediacy for some seats and alter spectral balance, especially on backward-facing horn. The room, register, angle and listener position determine the result; the words do not guarantee the most intense possible sound or require a fixed horn-hand position.
How does campana verso il pubblico sound?
The listener hears a noticeably louder, more present and direct sound, since the bell's most focused projection is aimed straight at them.
In context
Campana verso il pubblico is an audience-facing orientation instruction, not simply a synonym for campana in aria: upward and audience-directed axes can coincide, but need not. It brings the source visibly and acoustically forward while leaving dynamics and other parameters separately notated. No exact textual abbreviation met the three-source rule, so the phrase remains written out.