The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee : A Relativistic Keyboard Instrument

Gruenbaum, Leon

The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee : A Relativistic Keyboard Instrument

Leon Gruenbaum

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Year: 2007
Location: New York City, NY, United States
Pages: 256–259
Keywords: samchillian, keyboard, MIDI controller, relative, interval, microtonal, computer keyboard, pitch, musical instrument
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177103 (Link to paper)
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Abstract

Almost all traditional musical instruments have a one-to-one correspondence between a given fingering and the pitch that sounds for that fingering. The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee does not --- it is a keyboard MIDI controller that is based on intervals rather than fixed pitches. That is, a given keypress will sound a pitch a number of steps away from the last note sounded (within the key signature and scale selected) according to the 'delta' value assigned to that key. The advantages of such a system are convenience, speed, and the ability to play difficult, unusual and/or unintended passages extemporaneously.

Citation

Leon Gruenbaum. 2007. The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee : A Relativistic Keyboard Instrument. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1177103

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Gruenbaum2007,
 abstract = {Almost all traditional musical instruments have a one-to-one correspondence between a given fingering and the pitch that sounds for that fingering. The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee does not --- it is a keyboard MIDI controller that is based on intervals rather than fixed pitches. That is, a given keypress will sound a pitch a number of steps away from the last note sounded (within the key signature and scale selected) according to the 'delta' value assigned to that key. The advantages of such a system are convenience, speed, and the ability to play difficult, unusual and/or unintended passages extemporaneously. },
 address = {New York City, NY, United States},
 author = {Gruenbaum, Leon},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1177103},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {samchillian, keyboard, MIDI controller, relative, interval, microtonal, computer keyboard, pitch, musical instrument },
 pages = {256--259},
 title = {The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee : A Relativistic Keyboard Instrument},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2007/nime2007_256.pdf},
 year = {2007}
}