Towards a Coherent Terminology and Model of Instrument Description and Design

Tellef Kvifte, and Alexander Refsum Jensenius

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract

This paper discusses the need for a framework for describing musical instruments and their design, and discusses some possible elements in such a framework. The framework is meant as an aid in the development of a coherent terminology for describing, comparing and discussing different musical instruments and musical instrument designs. Three different perspectives are presented; that of the listener, the performer, and the constructor, and various levels of descriptions are introduced.

Citation

Tellef Kvifte, and Alexander Refsum Jensenius. 2006. Towards a Coherent Terminology and Model of Instrument Description and Design. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176951

BibTeX Entry

@inproceedings{Kvifte2006,
 abstract = {This paper discusses the need for a framework for describing musical instruments and their design, and discusses some possible elements in such a framework. The framework is meant as an aid in the development of a coherent terminology for describing, comparing and discussing different musical instruments and musical instrument designs. Three different perspectives are presented; that of the listener, the performer, and the constructor, and various levels of descriptions are introduced.},
 address = {Paris, France},
 author = {Kvifte, Tellef and Jensenius, Alexander Refsum},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176951},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 keywords = {Musical instrument design, mapping, gestures, organology. },
 pages = {220--225},
 title = {Towards a Coherent Terminology and Model of Instrument Description and Design},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2006/nime2006_220.pdf},
 year = {2006}
}