Playpens, Fireflies and Squeezables: New Musical Instruments for Bridging the Thoughtful and the Joyful (2002)
| Venue: | WWW-BASED REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: The Hands. Michel Waisvisz http://www.xs4all.nl/~mwais/ Sensorband http://www.sensorband.com/ http://www.toysymphony.net http://web.media.mit.edu/~tod/ http://www.creatingmusic.com/ http://www.lentines.com/articles/arti |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Weinberg02playpens,fireflies,
author = {Gil Weinberg},
title = {Playpens, Fireflies and Squeezables: New Musical Instruments for Bridging the Thoughtful and the Joyful},
booktitle = {WWW-BASED REFERENCES AND RESOURCES: The Hands. Michel Waisvisz http://www.xs4all.nl/~mwais/ Sensorband http://www.sensorband.com/ http://www.toysymphony.net http://web.media.mit.edu/~tod/ http://www.creatingmusic.com/ http://www.lentines.com/articles/arti},
year = {2002},
pages = {24--26}
}
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Abstract
The author discusses research in music cognition and education indicating that novices and untrained students perceive and learn music in a fundamentally different manner than do expert musicians. Based on these studies, he suggests implementing high-level musical percepts and constructionist learning schemes in new expressive musical instruments that would provide thoughtful and joyful musical activities for novices and experts alike. The author describes several instruments---the Musical Playpen, Fireflies and Squeezables---that he has developed in an effort to provide novices with access to rich and meaningful musical experiences and recounts observations and interviews of subjects playing these instruments.
