e-space
Manchester Metropolitan University's Research Repository

    Assistive Technology and Performance Behaviours in Music Improvisation.

    Challis, B, Smith, R and Brooks, AL (2012) Assistive Technology and Performance Behaviours in Music Improvisation. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 101. ISSN 1867-8211

    [img]
    Preview

    Download (121kB) | Preview

    Abstract

    The findings from three trial workshops with a group of music-learners with physical disabilities have culminated in an initial design for a novel interactive music-generation system. Using a variety of commercially available music-technologies in a synchronised set-up, the target group identified those aspects of both music production and accessible interaction that were most appealing and productive. The proposed design places equal emphasis on improvisation and accessibility, generating rhythmic, harmonic and melodic patterns that an individual can trigger and manipulate. The system will also allow a group of improvisers to work together offering variable levels of synchronization based on individual need or preference. A prototype system is currently under development.

    Impact and Reach

    Statistics

    Activity Overview
    6 month trend
    299Downloads
    6 month trend
    271Hits

    Additional statistics for this dataset are available via IRStats2.

    Altmetric

    Repository staff only

    Edit record Edit record