early prototypes and artistic practice with the mubone

Travis West, and Kalun Leung

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

• Year: 2022
• Location: The University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Article Number: 43
• DOI: 10.21428/92fbeb44.e56a93c9 (Link to paper)
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Abstract:

The mubone (lowercase “m”) is a family of instruments descended from the trombone family, a conceptual design space for trombone augmentations, and a growing musical practice rooted in this design space and the artistic affordances that emerge from it. We present the design of the mubone and discuss our initial implementations. We then reflect on the beginnings of an artistic practice: playing mubone, as well as exploring how the instrument adapts to diverse creative contexts. We discuss mappings, musical exercises, and the development of Garcia, a sound-and-movement composition for mubone.

Citation:

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{NIME22_43,
 abstract = {The mubone (lowercase “m”) is a family of instruments descended from the trombone family, a conceptual design space for trombone augmentations, and a growing musical practice rooted in this design space and the artistic affordances that emerge from it. We present the design of the mubone and discuss our initial implementations. We then reflect on the beginnings of an artistic practice: playing mubone, as well as exploring how the instrument adapts to diverse creative contexts. We discuss mappings, musical exercises, and the development of Garcia, a sound-and-movement composition for mubone.},
 address = {The University of Auckland, New Zealand},
 articleno = {43},
 author = {West, Travis and Leung, Kalun},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.21428/92fbeb44.e56a93c9},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 month = {jun},
 pdf = {54.pdf},
 presentation-video = {https://youtu.be/B51eofO4f4Y},
 title = {early prototypes and artistic practice with the mubone},
 url = {https://doi.org/10.21428%2F92fbeb44.e56a93c9},
 year = {2022}
}