Bowstroke database: A web-accessible archive of violin bowing data

Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 352-357

  Young, Diana ^a   Deshmane, Anagha ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Audio; Bowed string; Bowing; Bowing parameters; Bowstroke; Gesture; Technique; Violin

Indexed keywords

AUDIO DATA; BOWED STRING; BOWING PARAMETERS; IN-FIELD; MOTION CAPTURE DATA; AUDIO; BOWSTROKE; GESTURE; MOTION CAPTURE; TECHNIQUE; VIDEO CAPTURE; VIOLIN;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953552594     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1279740.1279818     Document Type: Conference Paper

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