Aesthetics and design for group music improvisation

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    Abstract

    Performing music as a group—improvised or from sheet music—is an intensive and immersive interaction activity that bears its own aesthetics. Players in such a setting are usually skilled in playing an instrument up to the level where they do not need to focus on the "operation" of the instrument, but can instead focus on higher-level feedback loops, e.g., between players in their section or the entire group. Novel technology can capitalize on these higher level feedback loops through the creation of interactive musical instruments that stimulate playing in groups (collaborative music rather than parallel music). However, making this experience accessible to fresh or novice players involves two challenges: how to design (1) musical instruments for such a setting and experience, and (2) instrument support that extends the interaction between players to their instruments. This allows to interact not only via their instrument with other human players, but directly with other instruments, producing a much richer and more intertwined musical experience. The paper shows results from a class of design students and reports on the lessons learned.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDistributed, Ambient, and Pervasive Interactions : first International Conference, DAPI 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013. Proceedings
    EditorsN. Streitz, C. Stephanidis
    Place of PublicationBerlin
    PublisherSpringer
    Pages368-377
    ISBN (Print)978-3-642-39351-8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume8028
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743

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