Idiomatic Composition Practices For New Musical Instruments: Context, Background And Current Applications

Vásquez, Juan Carlos; Tahiroğlu, Koray; Kildal, Johan

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“…Far from being a blank slate, all instruments are embedded with scripts [19] that encourage certain types of music-making and discourage others. As a result of the instrument's physical affordances, composing with an instrument can result in idiomatic music [20] [21] [22], music optimised for an instrument and made up of "ready-made sequences" and "characteristic patterns that cannot be predicted by grammatical rules alone" [20].…”

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The M in NIME: Motivic analysis and the case for a musicology of NIME performances

Mice

McPherson

Nime 2022

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While the value of new digital musical instruments lies to a large extent in their musicmaking capacity, analyses of new instruments in the research literature often focus on analyses of gesture or performer experience rather than the content of the music made with the instrument. In this paper we present a motivic analysis of music made with new instruments. In the context of music, a motive is a small, analysable musical fragment or phrase that is important in or characteristic of a composition. We outline our method for identifying and analysing motives in music made with new instruments, and display its use in a case study in which 10 musicians created performances with a new large-scale digital musical instrument that we designed. This research illustrates the value of a musicological approach to NIME research, suggesting the need for a broader conversation about a musicology of NIME performances, as distinct from its instruments.

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Section: Idiomatic Music and New Instrumentsmentioning

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The M in NIME: Motivic analysis and the case for a musicology of NIME performances

Mice

McPherson

Nime 2022

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The T-Stick Music Creation Project: An approach to building a creative community around a DMI

Fukuda

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West³

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Nime 2021

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To tackle digital musical instrument (DMI) longevity and the problem of the second performer, we proposed the T-Stick Music Creation Project, a series of musical commissions along with workshops, mentorship, and technical support, meant to foment composition and performance using the T-Stick and provide an opportunity to improve technical and pedagogical support for the instrument. Based on the project's outcomes, we describe three main contributions: our approach; the artistic works produced; and analysis of these works demonstrating the T-Stick as actuator, modulator, and data provider.

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Idiomatic Composition Practices For New Musical Instruments: Context, Background And Current Applications

Cited by 2 publications

References 15 publications

The M in NIME: Motivic analysis and the case for a musicology of NIME performances

The M in NIME: Motivic analysis and the case for a musicology of NIME performances

The T-Stick Music Creation Project: An approach to building a creative community around a DMI

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