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Our research, within the context of electronic musical instruments, explored whether emerging sensor technologies could enable a different, more natural way of interacting with music.
We investigated this challenge alongside 17 musicians from different generations and musical backgrounds.
They asked to imagine continuous pitch control, without predefined divisions or performance surfaces.
Also, imagined a more intuitive interaction, shaped by natural and spontaneous gestures.
Through an Informance, we observed how musicians move instinctively in response to sound. Elbow rotation emerged as the most recurrent primary gesture (77.29%).
These findings shape the Arcontinuo into a curved, continuous surface, translating elbow rotation into continuous pitch control.
Published in Design Issues, MIT Press
Through an Informance, we observed how musicians move instinctively in response to sound. Elbow rotation emerged as the most recurrent primary gesture
Our research, within the context of electronic musical instruments, explored whether emerging sensor technologies could enable a different, more natural way of interacting with music.
We investigated this challenge alongside 17 musicians from different generations and musical backgrounds.
They asked for continuous pitch control, without predefined divisions or performance surfaces.
Also, imagined a more intuitive interaction, shaped by natural gestures.
These findings shape the Arcontinuo into a curved, continuous surface, translating elbow rotation into continuous pitch control.
Published in Design Issues, MIT Press