Rich gesture, reduced control: The influence of constrained mappings on performance technique

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn Part F129150, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Jack, Robert H ^a   Stockman, Tony ^a   McPherson, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraints; Digital musical instruments; Dimensionality; Materials; Musical gesture; Percussion; Physicality; Projection; Richness

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MAPPING; MATERIALS;

CONSTRAINTS; DIMENSIONALITY; MUSICAL GESTURES; PERCUSSION; PHYSICALITY; PROJECTION; RICHNESS;

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 85037691941     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/3077981.3078039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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