Haptic-Listening and the Classical Guitar

John McDowell

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper reports the development of a ‘haptic-listening' system which presents the listener with a representation of the vibrotactile feedback perceived by a classical guitarist during performance through the use of haptic feedback technology. The paper describes the design of the haptic-listening system which is in two prototypes: the “DIY Haptic Guitar” and a more robust haptic-listening Trial prototype using a Reckhorn BS-200 shaker. Through two experiments, the perceptual significance and overall musical contribution of the addition of haptic feedback in a listening context was evaluated. Subjects preferred listening to the classical guitar presentation with the addition of haptic feedback and the addition of haptic feedback contributed to listeners' engagement with a performance. The results of the experiments and their implications are discussed in this paper.

Citation:

John McDowell. 2018. Haptic-Listening and the Classical Guitar. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1302587

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{McDowell2018,
 abstract = {This paper reports the development of a ‘haptic-listening' system which presents the listener with a representation of the vibrotactile feedback perceived by a classical guitarist during performance through the use of haptic feedback technology. The paper describes the design of the haptic-listening system which is in two prototypes: the “DIY Haptic Guitar” and a more robust haptic-listening Trial prototype using a Reckhorn BS-200 shaker. Through two experiments, the perceptual significance and overall musical contribution of the addition of haptic feedback in a listening context was evaluated. Subjects preferred listening to the classical guitar presentation with the addition of haptic feedback and the addition of haptic feedback contributed to listeners' engagement with a performance. The results of the experiments and their implications are discussed in this paper.},
 address = {Blacksburg, Virginia, USA},
 author = {John McDowell},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1302587},
 editor = {Luke Dahl, Douglas Bowman, Thomas Martin},
 isbn = {978-1-949373-99-8},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 pages = {293--298},
 publisher = {Virginia Tech},
 title = {Haptic-Listening and the Classical Guitar},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2018/nime2018_paper0062.pdf},
 year = {2018}
}