if someone’s talking, and someone’s standing close, and someone is standing further, would increasing the number of closer people reduce the voice the further person hears?

Question

Basically Are sound waves consumed with more ears or do they stay the same?

In: Physics

Answer 1

Yes but instead of the ears, they are “consumed” (absorbed) by the soft bodies of people instead of going straight into a wall and bouncing back (echo). If all the people happen to be talking/whispering they make white noise and drowns the stage person’s talking voice a little bit.

source: I am a piano accompanist for a choir. I have to play with more effort in concerts than during rehearsal. The people I work with tend to say I play too loud during rehearsal, and too soft during concerts, when in reality I play the same exact manner.