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Some ideas that have occurred to our staff and musicians have been as follows: | Some ideas that have occurred to our staff and musicians have been as follows: | ||
I think the gesture used has to have an intuitive result from the sound; e.g. you can hit a snare drum in a multitude of ways and produce a variety of sounds and dynamics. | * I think the gesture used has to have an intuitive result from the sound; e.g. you can hit a snare drum in a multitude of ways and produce a variety of sounds and dynamics. | ||
Affordability/off the shelf | * Affordability/off the shelf | ||
Easy to programme/minimal setting up | * Easy to programme/minimal setting up | ||
Small/compact | * Small/compact | ||
Easy to position/mount | * Easy to position/mount | ||
3D | * 3D | ||
That it sounds good | * That it sounds good | ||
That it can be played expressively (dynamics etc.) | * That it can be played expressively (dynamics etc.) | ||
That the sound genuinely expresses the nature of the movement – a ‘symbiotic’ relationship | * That the sound genuinely expresses the nature of the movement – a ‘symbiotic’ relationship | ||
That it’s not assumed the movement will be made using the hands | * That it’s not assumed the movement will be made using the hands | ||
That it’s possible to make no sound without having to withdraw from the motion-sensing field – a bit like stopping the bow on a cello string without lifting it up. | * That it’s possible to make no sound without having to withdraw from the motion-sensing field – a bit like stopping the bow on a cello string without lifting it up. | ||
Ideally that it has an option to be polyphonic – played with multiple movements simultaneously | * Ideally that it has an option to be polyphonic – played with multiple movements simultaneously | ||
This brief is open to start work on immediately and you are invited to make and build in your own time using the facilities already available to you. We will meet at Furtherfield on Sunday 21st April at 3pm to review the entries and discuss them, document them etc… | * This brief is open to start work on immediately and you are invited to make and build in your own time using the facilities already available to you. We will meet at Furtherfield on Sunday 21st April at 3pm to review the entries and discuss them, document them etc… | ||
http://drakemusicresearch.wordpress.com/ | http://drakemusicresearch.wordpress.com/ | ||
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