Hitmachine: Collective Musical Expressivity for Novices

Kasper Jakobsen; Jakob  Winge; Marianne Graves Petersen

Hitmachine: Collective Musical Expressivity for Novices

Kasper Jakobsen, Jakob Winge, Marianne Graves Petersen

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel platform for expressive music making called Hitmachine. Hitmachine lets you build and play your own musical instruments from Legos and sensors and is aimed towards empowering everyone to engage in rich music making despite prior musical experience. The paper presents findings from a 4-day workshop where more that 150 children from ages 3-13 built and played their own musical instruments. The children used different sensors for playing and performed with their instruments on stage. The findings show how age influenced the children’s musical understanding and expressivity, and gives insight into important aspects to consider when designing for expressive music for novices.

Original language	English
Publication date	11 Jul 2016
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - 11 Jul 2016
Event	New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2016 - Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Duration: 11 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016 http://nime2016.org/

Conference

Conference	New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2016
Location	Griffith University
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Brisbane
Period	11/07/2016 → 15/07/2016
Internet address	http://nime2016.org/

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