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New Directions in Music and Human-Computer Interaction

  • Identifies the latest directions and developments in music interaction and HCI
  • Balances original research with reflections from leading researchers and practitioners
  • Brings together interdisciplinary perspectives, covering a range of musical styles, practices and emerging ways of interacting with music
  • Explores diverse HCI perspectives and methodologies: from universal approaches to situated research within particular cultural and aesthetic contexts
  • Synthesises the viewpoints of multiple stakeholders: designers, interaction researchers, performers, composers, audiences, teachers and learners, dancers and gamers

Part of the book series: Springer Series on Cultural Computing (SSCC)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Understanding Music Interaction, and Why It Matters

    • Simon Holland, Tom Mudd, Katie Wilkie-McKenna, Andrew McPherson, Marcelo M. Wanderley
    Pages 1-20
  3. Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
    2. A Design Workbench for Interactive Music Systems

      • Joseph Malloch, Jérémie Garcia, Marcelo M. Wanderley, Wendy E. Mackay, Michel Beaudouin-Lafon, Stéphane Huot
      Pages 23-40
    3. TMAP Design Cards for Technology-Mediated Audience Participation in Live Music

      • Oliver Hödl, Fares Kayali, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Simon Holland
      Pages 41-59
    4. The Poetry of Strange Connections: An Interview with Bill Verplank

      • Andrew McPherson, Bill Verplank
      Pages 61-70
    5. The Groove Pizza

      • Ethan Hein, Sumanth Srinivasan
      Pages 71-94
    6. HCI, Music and Art: An Interview with Wendy Mackay

      • Marcelo M. Wanderley, Wendy E. Mackay
      Pages 115-120
  4. Interaction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Embodied Musical Interaction

      • Atau Tanaka
      Pages 135-154
    3. Making as Research: An Interview with Kristina Andersen

      • Tom Mudd, Kristina Andersen
      Pages 155-161
    4. Detecting and Adapting to Users’ Cognitive and Affective State to Develop Intelligent Musical Interfaces

      • Beste F. Yuksel, Kurt B. Oleson, Remco Chang, Robert J. K. Jacob
      Pages 163-177
    5. Musical Instruments for Novices: Comparing NIME, HCI and Crowdfunding Approaches

      • Andrew McPherson, Fabio Morreale, Jacob Harrison
      Pages 179-212
    6. Music, Design and Ethnography: An Interview with Steve Benford

      • Andrew McPherson, Steve Benford
      Pages 213-220
  5. Collaboration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
    2. Applying Game Mechanics to Networked Music HCI Systems

      • Anıl Çamcı, Cem Çakmak, Angus G. Forbes
      Pages 223-241

About this book

Computing is transforming how we interact with music. New theories and new technologies have emerged that present fresh challenges and novel perspectives for researchers and practitioners in music and human-computer interaction (HCI). In this collection, the interdisciplinary field of music interaction is considered from multiple viewpoints: designers, interaction researchers, performers, composers, audiences, teachers and learners, dancers and gamers. 

The book comprises both original research in music interaction and reflections from leading researchers and practitioners in the field. It explores a breadth of HCI perspectives and methodologies: from universal approaches to situated research within particular cultural and aesthetic contexts. Likewise, it is musically diverse, from experimental to popular, classical to folk, including tango, laptop orchestras, composition and free improvisation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Music Computing Lab, Centre for Research in Computing, Walton Hall, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

    Simon Holland, Katie Wilkie-McKenna

  • Reid School of Music, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Tom Mudd

  • Centre for Digital Music, School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Andrew McPherson

  • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Marcelo M. Wanderley

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Hardcover Book USD 179.99
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