The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeeeee : A Relativistic Keyboard Instrument

Leon Gruenbaum

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

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 [PDF]

BibTeX Entry


@inproceedings{nime2007_Gruenbaum,
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}
}