MirrorFugue for the Composer, Performer and Improviser
Video Showcase Presentations
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Xiao, Xiao
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Hantrakul, Lamtharn Hanoi
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Ishii, Hiroshi
Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI'16 Conference on Human Factors in
Computing Systems
2016-05-07
v.2
p.12
© Copyright 2016 ACM
Summary: This video illustrates the usage of an integrated workbench for learning and
composing music on the piano. Built on a Yamaha Disklavier augmented with
projection, the system supports music represented either as symbolic notation
or as MirrorFugue, where virtual hands projected on the keyboard appear to
physically plays the piano [1]. The story of two friends collaborating on the
creation of an original composition depicts how the system may be used to
record musical ideas on the fly, how to annotate scores with playing, and how
these annotations may aid the learning of expressive nuance. Built on a
semi-functioning prototype, this video explores how the symbolic and embodied
understandings of music may complement each other in the learning and creative
process.