Tromba Moderna: A Digitally Augmented Medieval Instrument
Alex Baldwin, Troels Hammer, Edvinas Pechiulis, Peter Williams, Dan Overholt, and Stefania Serafin
Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression
- Year: 2016
- Location: Brisbane, Australia
- Track: Papers
- Pages: 14–19
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3964592 (Link to paper)
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Abstract
An interactive museum exhibit of a digitally augmented medieval musical instrument, the tromba marina, is presented. The tromba marina is a curious single stringed instrument with a rattling bridge, from which a trumpet-like timbre is produced. The physical instrument was constructed as a replica of one found in Musikmuseet in Frederiksberg. The replicated instrument was augmented with a pickup, speakers and digital signal processing to create a more reliable, approachable and appropriate instrument for interactive display in the museum. We report on the evaluation of the instrument performed at the Danish museum of musical instruments.
Citation
Alex Baldwin, Troels Hammer, Edvinas Pechiulis, Peter Williams, Dan Overholt, and Stefania Serafin. 2016. Tromba Moderna: A Digitally Augmented Medieval Instrument. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3964592
BibTeX Entry
@inproceedings{Baldwin2016, abstract = {An interactive museum exhibit of a digitally augmented medieval musical instrument, the tromba marina, is presented. The tromba marina is a curious single stringed instrument with a rattling bridge, from which a trumpet-like timbre is produced. The physical instrument was constructed as a replica of one found in Musikmuseet in Frederiksberg. The replicated instrument was augmented with a pickup, speakers and digital signal processing to create a more reliable, approachable and appropriate instrument for interactive display in the museum. We report on the evaluation of the instrument performed at the Danish museum of musical instruments.}, address = {Brisbane, Australia}, author = {Alex Baldwin and Troels Hammer and Edvinas Pechiulis and Peter Williams and Dan Overholt and Stefania Serafin}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression}, doi = {10.5281/zenodo.3964592}, isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7}, issn = {2220-4806}, pages = {14--19}, publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University}, title = {Tromba Moderna: A Digitally Augmented Medieval Instrument}, track = {Papers}, url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0004.pdf}, year = {2016} }