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Final Documentation – Boxed Instrument

Concept My concept of this project is to use every day objects and elements to make a whimsical and powerful instrument. Therefore I use a found box as the main body of my instrument and collected human voice samples as the

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Final Documentation – Boxed Instrument

Concept My concept of this project is to use every day objects and elements to make a whimsical and powerful instrument. Therefore I use a found box as the main body of my instrument and collected human voice samples as the

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Rotary Cello

The Rotary Cello is a hybridized instrument that is inspired by three unique instruments: the cello (evidently), the harp and the WaterphoneMegabass (also known as an ocean harp). For those who are not familiar with the Waterphone Megabass, they are

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Rotary Cello

The Rotary Cello is a hybridized instrument that is inspired by three unique instruments: the cello (evidently), the harp and the WaterphoneMegabass (also known as an ocean harp). For those who are not familiar with the Waterphone Megabass, they are

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Mobile Talkbox

The Mobile Talkbox is a 3D-printable attachment for the LG G3 Vigor. It slips on like a case and routes the phone’s speaker audio through a tube to your mouth. On its own like this, it pairs nicely with the Pocket

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Mobile Talkbox

The Mobile Talkbox is a 3D-printable attachment for the LG G3 Vigor. It slips on like a case and routes the phone’s speaker audio through a tube to your mouth. On its own like this, it pairs nicely with the Pocket

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Loops and Looping

Online Course: https://www.kadenze.com/courses/loop-repetition-and-variation-in-music/info

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Loops and Looping

Online Course: https://www.kadenze.com/courses/loop-repetition-and-variation-in-music/info

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Week 2 readings

I feel like Paul and Vijay are having a dialogue to try and build an understanding and definition of improvisation especially . It took me a while to realize that they were having a dialogue in the paper. Vijay talks

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Week 2 readings

I feel like Paul and Vijay are having a dialogue to try and build an understanding and definition of improvisation especially . It took me a while to realize that they were having a dialogue in the paper. Vijay talks

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R1: Reading Responses

Personally, the reading Towards an Ethic of Improvisation was the most interesting reading we had this week.  Although I recognize the flaws in the maze-like city analogy, I still think it definitely got across the meaning, “You are the music.” 

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R1: Reading Responses

Personally, the reading Towards an Ethic of Improvisation was the most interesting reading we had this week.  Although I recognize the flaws in the maze-like city analogy, I still think it definitely got across the meaning, “You are the music.” 

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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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Thursday Discussion – 1/21/2016

All the articles are arguing for improvisation as an art form. Though although they all have valid points, the way they structure their papers weaken their arguments. I found that their papers were not well structured, rambling, and often repetitive.

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Thursday Discussion – 1/21/2016

All the articles are arguing for improvisation as an art form. Though although they all have valid points, the way they structure their papers weaken their arguments. I found that their papers were not well structured, rambling, and often repetitive.

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