Tibetan Singing Prayer Wheel: A Hybrid Musical- Spiritual Instrument Using Gestural Control

J. Cecilia Wu, Yoo Hsiu Yeh, Romain Michon, Nathan Weitzner, Jonathan Abel, and Matthew Wright

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2015
• Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
• Pages: 91–94
• DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1179196 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

This paper presents the Tibetan Singing Prayer Wheel, a hand-held, wireless, sensor-based musical instrument with a human-computer interface that simultaneously processes vocals and synthesizes sound based on the performer's hand gestures with a one-to-many mapping strategy. A physical model simulates the singing bowl, while a modal reverberator and a delay-and-window effect process the performer's vocals. This system is designed for an electroacoustic vocalist interested in using a solo instrument to achieve performance goals that would normally require multiple instruments and activities.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{jwu2015,
 abstract = {This paper presents the Tibetan Singing Prayer Wheel, a hand-held, wireless, sensor-based musical instrument with a human-computer interface that simultaneously processes vocals and synthesizes sound based on the performer's hand gestures with a one-to-many mapping strategy. A physical model simulates the singing bowl, while a modal reverberator and a delay-and-window effect process the performer's vocals. This system is designed for an electroacoustic vocalist interested in using a solo instrument to achieve performance goals that would normally require multiple instruments and activities.},
 address = {Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA},
 author = {{J. Cecilia} Wu and {Yoo Hsiu} Yeh and Romain Michon and Nathan Weitzner and Jonathan Abel and Matthew Wright},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1179196},
 editor = {Edgar Berdahl and Jesse Allison},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {May},
 pages = {91--94},
 publisher = {Louisiana State University},
 title = {Tibetan Singing Prayer Wheel: A Hybrid Musical- Spiritual Instrument Using Gestural Control},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2015/nime2015_322.pdf},
 year = {2015}
}