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}
}