Music Visualisation: The Experimental Edge

The incredible diversity of world music instruments, and the widely perceived air of mystery surrounding their behaviours suggest it would be difficult to unite them in a universal theory of music.

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Modelling instruments by family, on the other hand, is likely to be considerably easier. Here we need only look at constraints applying to a particular construction form. These can be separately modelled as more or less 'pure' physical properties, and applied -as so-called 'mix-ins'- to instrument construction and theory tool forms. Combined, this allows us to model entire instrument families more or less as catalogued in classification systems such as that of Hornbostel-Sachs. To each family, effectively, it's own musical model. Given a theory tool visual classification system, much the same can be done there.

Combined with code reuse, this brings the entire palette of world music instrumentation and theory within in-browser modelling reach. Welcome to the future of peer-to-peer, live-streamed teaching toolsets. :-)

Finally, this opens the possibility of modelling, integrating and testing new instrument interfaces and theory tools directly on-screen in conjunction with a wide range of music exchange files - without ever resorting to physical construction.

Big, brave, open-source, non-profit, community-provisioned, cross-cultural and bust-a-nut crazy. → Like, share, back-link, pin, tweet and mail. Hashtags? For the crowdfunding: #VisualFutureOfMusic. For the future live platform: #WorldMusicInstrumentsAndTheory. Or simply register as a potential crowdfunder..

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The Experimental Edge

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Notation Examples

Instrument Example Schneider's Switchboard Guitar

Theory Example Some Just Intonations Mapped To EDO

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These images can only hint at the diversity of notation systems, instrument configurations and theory models. Uniting them in a dedicated, tightly integrated yet flexible platform is the goal of this project. We have good reason to think it can be done. And you?

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Sagittal Microtonal Glyphs Accidentals For Just Intonation

Microtonal Guitar, Sagittal Notation

Scale Tree (Detail) Curious? Me Too.

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Keywords

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online music learning, online music lessons	distance music learning, distance music lessons	remote music lessons, remote music learning
p2p music lessons, p2p music learning	music visualisation music visualization	musical instrument models interactive music instrument models
music theory tools musical theory	p2p music interworking p2p musical interworking	comparative musicology ethnomusicology
world music international music	folk music traditional music	P2P musical interworking, Peer-to-peer musical interworking
WebGL, Web3D, WebVR, WebAR	Virtual Reality, Augmented or Mixed Reality	Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Scalar Vector Graphics, SVG	3D Cascading Style Sheets, CSS3D	X3Dom, XML3D