Instruments for everyone: Designing new means of musical expression for disabled creators

Rolf Gehlhaar; P.M. Rodrigues; L.M. Girao; R. Penha

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-45432-5_9

Instruments for everyone: Designing new means of musical expression for disabled creators

Rolf Gehlhaar, P.M. Rodrigues, L.M. Girao, R. Penha

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Abstract

The purpose of this project was the development of tools that facilitate the musical expression of a well-defined group of physically and mentally challenged people. Knowing those people and becoming familiar with their capabilities, tastes and ambitions was the departing point for the design of solutions. Once developed, they remained in their institutions, to become a part of their lives, contributing to the range of occupational activities they can be involved with. The composition of a piece of music that uses those resources and its performance by these people in the main concert hall of Casa da Música in April 2010 was more than a proof of concept, it was a truly engaging, motivating experience and, indeed, a proper artistic challenge

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Studies in Computational Intelligence
Editors	A.L. Brooks, S. Brahnam, L.C. Jain
Place of Publication	Berlin, Germany
Publisher	Springer
Pages	167-196
Volume	536
ISBN (Print)	978-364245431-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45432-5_9
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Keywords

Assistive technology
Bespoke musical instruments
Computer-aided performance
Disability
Modern performance practice

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