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The New OS (One String)

The concept of this instrument is purely based on the Ektar or the Ektara; Ektar literally means “one-string”. The Ektar was created in India and was traditionally made out of a gourd and some bamboo. It is played by plucking the

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The New OS (One String)

The concept of this instrument is purely based on the Ektar or the Ektara; Ektar literally means “one-string”. The Ektar was created in India and was traditionally made out of a gourd and some bamboo. It is played by plucking the

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iPhone Violin Case

                             My goal of creating this instrument was to create an instrument that could be carried around easily and played anywhere.  I connected this to how as

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iPhone Violin Case

                             My goal of creating this instrument was to create an instrument that could be carried around easily and played anywhere.  I connected this to how as

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Final Project – Bryn

The initial concept that inspired this project was to create a set of objects that react to touch. The objects would subvert the expectations of anyone to touch them by emitting sound rather than staying silent. Through experimentation with different

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Final Project – Bryn

The initial concept that inspired this project was to create a set of objects that react to touch. The objects would subvert the expectations of anyone to touch them by emitting sound rather than staying silent. Through experimentation with different

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conscious coral

Intention is to mine surrounding resources to pick up noise and utilize what is existing to create music. To the audience, the limestone would have character in appearing to absorb its surroundings and spew back altered sound. Piezo underneath both

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conscious coral

Intention is to mine surrounding resources to pick up noise and utilize what is existing to create music. To the audience, the limestone would have character in appearing to absorb its surroundings and spew back altered sound. Piezo underneath both

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R2 – Improvisation and Experience

In “Contemplating the Concept of Improvisation and its History in Scholarship”, Nettl questions whether the sphere of things considered “improvisation” is too diverse to justify the word’s use. Though the lines between composition and improvisation are blurry, referring to a

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R2 – Improvisation and Experience

In “Contemplating the Concept of Improvisation and its History in Scholarship”, Nettl questions whether the sphere of things considered “improvisation” is too diverse to justify the word’s use. Though the lines between composition and improvisation are blurry, referring to a

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R2: Improvisation

This week we read articles by Nettl, Lewis (Gittin’ to know y’all), DJ Spooky and Vijay Iyer, and David Wessel and Matthew Wright.  I enjoyed the articles by Nettl and the conversation between DJ Spooky and Vijay best, so I

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R2: Improvisation

This week we read articles by Nettl, Lewis (Gittin’ to know y’all), DJ Spooky and Vijay Iyer, and David Wessel and Matthew Wright.  I enjoyed the articles by Nettl and the conversation between DJ Spooky and Vijay best, so I

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R1: Reading Responses

in Towards an Ethic Of Improvisation, the most interesting point I found in this article is, “ From a certain point of view improvisation is the highest mode of musical activity, for it is based on the acceptance of music’s

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R1: Reading Responses

in Towards an Ethic Of Improvisation, the most interesting point I found in this article is, “ From a certain point of view improvisation is the highest mode of musical activity, for it is based on the acceptance of music’s

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R1: Reading Response: Improvisation, Composition, Music & Sound

These three papers have their own interesting take on the art of improvisation and classical composition and the differences and similarities between them. Each writer had a different approach to it but I feel like they all had good points

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R1: Reading Response: Improvisation, Composition, Music & Sound

These three papers have their own interesting take on the art of improvisation and classical composition and the differences and similarities between them. Each writer had a different approach to it but I feel like they all had good points

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R1: Reading Response

The most striking part of the readings for this week, in my opinion, was the breadth of styles and practices that could arguably be called improvisation. We get to see that improvisation isn’t really a single concept. Rather, it is

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R1: Reading Response

The most striking part of the readings for this week, in my opinion, was the breadth of styles and practices that could arguably be called improvisation. We get to see that improvisation isn’t really a single concept. Rather, it is

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