Skip to Content

gesture

The Musical Gestures Project

The Musical Gestures Project, University of Oslo, Department of Musicology, is a broadly conceived research project on music-related gestures, based on the conviction that there are intimate links between music, understood as sonic art, and gestures, understood as human bodily movement.

http://www.hf.uio.no/imv/forskning/publikasjoner/musicalgestures/

http://www.fourms.uio.no/blog/musical_gestures/

Image: 

Clarinet Gestural Analysis

The Clarinet Gestural Analysis project, based in the Music Technology Area, Schulich School of Music, McGill University is investigating the correlation between physical and musical gestures.

The research has a specific focus on expressive movements (also called ancillary or non-obvious gestures), movements that do not have a direct link to the generation of sound, but are an integral part of the performance.

Image: 

Formats for Streaming and Storing Music-related Movement and Gesture Data

The paper and slides from the Panel Session: The Need of Formats for Streaming and Storing Music-Related Movement and Gesture Data, 2007 International Computer Music Conference, Copenhagen provides a good overvie of the following topics —

Image: 

T-Stick

Tue, 06/08/2010 - 01:01 — Jon

The T-Stick was developed and built in the IDMIL by Joseph Malloch, in collaboration with composer D. Andrew Stewart and performers Fernando Rocha and Xenia Pestova. The physical input device can sense where and how much of its surface is touched by the performer, as well as tilting, shaking, squeezing and twisting gestures. Unlike most digital musical instruments, the T-Sticks exist as a family, with soprano, alto, tenor, and bass members.

Image

T-Stick T-Stick

Polhemus Isotrak

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 15:39 — Jon

George Logemann uses the Polhemus Corp Isotrak — a six-dimensional spatial “joystick” that operates over a hemisphere of about five feet in diameter. George writes that the Isotrak provides “flexibility over a realstic human expression space and a significant number of dimensions available to communicate gestures”.

Image

Polhemus Isotrak

AudioCubes

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 12:17 — Jon

AudioCubes are a modular live performance instrument that let you shape sound, create music and perform live through hands-on interaction with wireless intelligent objects.

AudioCubes offer new ways to interact with your existing audio software, beyond what is possible with classic knob boxes and trigger pads. They can be used for simple filter sweeps as well as infinitely complex setups in which the musical information they generate will depend on how the objects interact with each other and with their user.

Image

AudioCubes AudioCubes

With Hidden Noises

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 12:14 — Jon

With Hidden Noises is a replica of Marcel Duchamp’s sculpture “A Bruit Secret”. The instrument is made of a ball of twine sandwiched between engraved brass plates. Two x-y accelerometers and three tilt switches are inside the ball of twine. A MaxMSP program converts gestures into sound.

Image

With Hidden Noises With Hidden Noises

ISA Harp

Mon, 06/07/2010 - 12:10 — Jon

1.2m X 1.2m aluminium frame with a grid of focused infrared beams intersecting at the right angles. Every beam or every intersection individually programmable by means of supplied software utility. Playing is accomlished by moving hands or any other part of the body within the frame of the instrument.

Communication protocol: MIDI or/and USB.

Image

ISA Harp

The Conductor’s Jacket

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 11:02 — Jon

A set of sensors sewn into a wearable cloth substrate that can be comfortably worn by a conductor or performer on stage.

Image

The Conductor’s Jacket

MoGMI – Mobile Gesture Mabed Musical Intrument

Tue, 06/01/2010 - 01:42 — Jon

The Mobile Gesture Mabed Musical Intrument uses gesture input on Nokia N95 as input to MIDI instruments or directly to phone sound generator.

Image

Syndicate content


Theme by Dr. Radut.