Style and Constraint in Electronic Musical Instruments
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چکیده
A qualitative study to investigate the development of style in performance with a highly constrained musical instrument is described. A new one-button instrument was designed, with which several musicians were each asked to practice and develop a solo performance. Observations of trends in attributes of these performances are detailed in relation to participants’ statements in structured interviews. Participants were observed to develop stylistic variations both within the domain of activities suggested by the constraint, and by discovering non-obvious techniques through a variety of strategies. Data suggest that stylistic variations occurred in spite of perceived constraint, but also because of perceived constraint. Furthermore, participants tended to draw on unique experiences, approaches and perspectives that shaped individual performances.
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