Hitmachine: Collective Musical Expressivity for Novices

Kasper buhl Jakobsen, Marianne Graves Petersen, Majken Kirkegaard Rasmussen, Jens Emil Groenbaek, jakob winge, and jeppe stougaard

Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression

Abstract:

This paper presents a novel platform for expressive music making called Hitmachine. Hitmachine lets you build and play your own musical instruments from Legos and sensors and is aimed towards empowering everyone to engage in rich music making despite of prior musical experience. The paper presents findings from a 4-day workshop where more that 150 children from ages 3-13 built and played their own musical instruments. The children used different sensors for playing and performed with their instruments on stage. The findings show how age influenced the children's musical understanding and expressivity, and gives insight into important aspects to consider when designing for expressive music for novices.

Citation:

Kasper buhl Jakobsen, Marianne Graves Petersen, Majken Kirkegaard Rasmussen, Jens Emil Groenbaek, jakob winge, and jeppe stougaard. 2016. Hitmachine: Collective Musical Expressivity for Novices. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1176038

BibTeX Entry:

  @inproceedings{Jakobsen2016,
 abstract = {This paper presents a novel platform for expressive music making
called Hitmachine. Hitmachine lets you build and play your own musical
instruments from Legos and sensors and is aimed towards empowering everyone to
engage in rich music making despite of prior musical experience. The paper
presents findings from a 4-day workshop where more that 150 children from ages
3-13 built and played their own musical instruments. The children used different
sensors for playing and performed with their instruments on stage. The findings
show how age influenced the children's musical understanding and
expressivity, and gives insight into important aspects to consider when designing
for expressive music for novices.},
 address = {Brisbane, Australia},
 author = {Kasper buhl Jakobsen and Marianne Graves Petersen and Majken Kirkegaard Rasmussen and Jens Emil Groenbaek and jakob winge and jeppe stougaard},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.1176038},
 isbn = {978-1-925455-13-7},
 issn = {2220-4806},
 pages = {241--246},
 publisher = {Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University},
 title = {Hitmachine: Collective Musical Expressivity for Novices},
 track = {Papers},
 url = {http://www.nime.org/proceedings/2016/nime2016_paper0048.pdf},
 year = {2016}
}