Polus: The Design and Development of a New, Mechanically Bowed String Instrument Ensemble

Blake Johnston, Henry Dengate Thrush, Ajay Kapur, Jim Murphy, and Tane Moleta

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2014
• Location: London, United Kingdom
• Pages: 557–560
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1178822 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

This paper details the creation, design, implementation and uses of a series of new mechanically bowed string instruments. These instruments have been designed with the objective of allowing for multiple parameters of musical expressivity, as well as including the physical and spatial features of the instruments to be integral aspects of their perception as instruments and sonic objects. This paper focuses on the hardware design, software implementation, and present musical uses of the ensemble.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{bjohnston2014,
 abstract = {This paper details the creation, design, implementation and uses of a series of new mechanically bowed string instruments. These instruments have been designed with the objective of allowing for multiple parameters of musical expressivity, as well as including the physical and spatial features of the instruments to be integral aspects of their perception as instruments and sonic objects. This paper focuses on the hardware design, software implementation, and present musical uses of the ensemble.},
 address = {London, United Kingdom},
 author = {Blake Johnston and Henry Dengate Thrush and Ajay Kapur and Jim Murphy and Tane Moleta},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1178822},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {557--560},
 publisher = {Goldsmiths, University of London},
 title = {Polus: The Design and Development of a New, Mechanically Bowed String Instrument Ensemble},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2014/nime2014_355.pdf},
 year = {2014}
}