Grisey’s 'Talea': Musical Representation As An Interactive 3D Map

Anne Sophie Andersen, and Derek Kwan

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2021
• Location: Shanghai, China
• Article Number: 22
• DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.27d09832 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

The praxis of using detailed visual models to illustrate complex ideas is widely used in the sciences but less so in music theory. Taking the composer’s notes as a starting point, we have developed a complete interactive 3D model of Grisey’s Talea (1986). Our model presents a novel approach to music education and theory by making understanding of complex musical structures accessible to students and non-musicians, particularly those who struggle with traditional means of learning or whose mode of learning is predominantly visual. The model builds on the foundations of 1) the historical associations between visual and musical arts and those concerning spectralists in particular 2) evidence of recurring cross-modal associations in the general population and consistent associations for individual synesthetes. Research into educational uses of the model is a topic for future exploration.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME21_22,
 abstract = {The praxis of using detailed visual models to illustrate complex ideas is widely used in the sciences but less so in music theory. Taking the composer’s notes as a starting point, we have developed a complete interactive 3D model of Grisey’s Talea (1986). Our model presents a novel approach to music education and theory by making understanding of complex musical structures accessible to students and non-musicians, particularly those who struggle with traditional means of learning or whose mode of learning is predominantly visual. The model builds on the foundations of 1) the historical associations between visual and musical arts and those concerning spectralists in particular 2) evidence of recurring cross-modal associations in the general population and consistent associations for individual synesthetes. Research into educational uses of the model is a topic for future exploration.},
 address = {Shanghai, China},
 articleno = {22},
 author = {Andersen, Anne Sophie and Kwan, Derek},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.27d09832},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {June},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/PGYOkFjyrek},
 title = {Grisey’s 'Talea': Musical Representation As An Interactive 3D Map},
 url = {https://nime.pubpub.org/pub/oiwz8bb7},
 year = {2021}
}