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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"music instruments"”.
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Inclusive participatory design of bespoke music instruments and auxiliary access equipment, as emancipatory arts interventions advocating for equality and wellbeing
… aims to increase participation in community music making, by exploring the production and use of bespoke instruments and associated access equipment designed to meet the personal needs and preferences of disabled people, who participate as co-designers and players. Grounded in the tradition …
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Painted Faces & Printed Music: Women and Music in the Paintings of Bartolomeo Veneto and Sebastiano Florigerio
<p>The cultural views surrounding musical performances by women rapidly changed during the sixteenth century. The ideal of the preceding century advised ladies of the court to avoid displaying the frivolous and sinful ways of music-making, but the new notion of the female courtier praised women for …
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Enhancing Music Interfaces with Soft Materials
Despite the growing popularity of digital music instruments (DMIs) and relevant technological advances, accessibility and expressive potential remain significant challenges for musical interface designers. These issues stem from generic input-output mappings, sensor limitations, and a lack of …
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Gestural musical interfaces using real time machine learning
We present gestural music instruments and interfaces that aid musicians and audio engineers to express themselves efficiently. While we have mastered building a wide variety of physical instruments, the quest for virtual instruments and sound synthesis is on the rise. Virtual instruments are …
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Applications and Implications of MIDI 2.0
Since its introduction in 1983, Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) has been the standard for connecting electronic music instruments, computers, and other audio devices to play, edit, and record music. The MIDI Association recently announced a new specification, MIDI 2.0, to add more …
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The resilience of labrosones in coastal communities bordering the Indian Ocean
… the research region and emphasizes their socio-musical significance in sustaining cultural traditions that have helped to define these communities. Conclusions drawn from the distribution study further uncovered the religious, cultural, and social significance of labrosones. These findings were …
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From Sketch to Stage: Tools for Prototyping and Exporting Collaborative DMIs on the Web
… prototyping and exporting collaborative digital music instruments (DMIs) on the web, the primary purpose of which is to lower the barrier to making music and to enable easier collaboration. This is done in the context of the Creativitas website, which has become a tool of the MIT 21M.080 …
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Scattering effects in the sound wave propagation of instrument soundboards
… the piano is one of the most important instruments. While its evolution lasted for more than three centuries, and the most important physical aspects have already been investigated, some parts in the characterization of the piano remain not well understood. Considering the pivotal piano …