Narrative to Action in the Creation and Performance of Music with Data-driven Instruments

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dc.contributor.authorWang, Chi
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T16:20:18Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T16:20:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.descriptionThe seven compositions that comprise this dissertation are represented by the following files: text file (pdf), seven video performances (mp4), and corresponding zipped files of custom software and affiliated files (various file types).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis Digital Portfolio Dissertation centers on a collection of seven digital videos of performances of original electroacoustic compositions that feature data-driven instruments. The dissertation also includes a copy of the original software and affiliated files used in performing the portfolio of music, and a text document that analyzes and describes the following for each of the seven compositions: (1) the design and implementation of each of the seven complete data-driven instruments; (2) the musical challenges and opportunities provided by data-driven instruments; (3) the performance techniques employed; (4) the compositional structure; (5) the sound synthesis techniques used, and (6) the data-mapping strategies used. The seven compositions demonstrate a variety of electroacoustic and performance techniques and employ a range of interface devices as front-ends to the data-driven instruments. The seven interfaces that I chose to use for my compositions include the Wacom Tablet, the Leap Motion device for hand and finger detection, the Blue Air infrared sensor device for distance measurements, the Nintendo Wii Remote wireless game controller, the Gametrak three-dimensional, position tracking system, the eMotion™ Wireless Sensor System, and a custom sensor-based interface that I designed and fabricated. The title of this dissertation derives from the extra-musical impulses that drove the creative impulses of the seven original electroacoustic compositions for data-driven instruments. Of the seven compositions, six of the pieces have connections to literature. Despite the fact there is a literary sheen to these musical works, the primary impulses of these compositions arise from the notion of absolute music – music for music’s sake, music that is focused on sound and the emotional and intellectual stimulus such sound can produce when humans experience it. Thus, I simultaneously work both sides of the musical street with my compositions containing both extra-musical and absolute musical substance.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/23277
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Oregonen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUniversity of Oregon theses, School of Music and Dance, D.M.A. , 2018;
dc.rightsCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USen_US
dc.subjectData-driven instrumentsen_US
dc.subjectIntermedia music technologyen_US
dc.subjectElectronic infomation engineeringen_US
dc.subjectMusic compositionen_US
dc.subjectData-driven musicen_US
dc.subjectIch grolle night
dc.subjectRobert Schumann
dc.subjectMusic technologyen
dc.titleNarrative to Action in the Creation and Performance of Music with Data-driven Instrumentsen_US
dc.typeThesis / Dissertationen_US

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