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Design and Use of Some New Digital Musical Instruments

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Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction (GW 2003)

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This article presents some facts about the use of gesture in computer music, more specifically in home made instruments dedicated to performance on stage. We first give some theoretical and practical ideas to design an instrument, in the following areas: the sound, the gesture and the mapping. Then, we introduce three examples of digital instruments we have created, focusing on their design and their musical use.

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  1. LMA-CNRS, 31, chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20

    Daniel Arfib, Jean-Michel Couturier & Loïc Kessous

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  1. InfoMus Lab, DIST- University of Genova, Viale Causa 13, I-16145, Genova, Italy

    Antonio Camurri

  2. InfoMus Lab, DIST University of Genova, Viale Causa 13, I-16145, Genova, Italy

    Gualtiero Volpe

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Arfib, D., Couturier, JM., Kessous, L. (2004). Design and Use of Some New Digital Musical Instruments. In: Camurri, A., Volpe, G. (eds) Gesture-Based Communication in Human-Computer Interaction. GW 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2915. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24598-8_47

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