“Pandeiro Funk: Experiments on Rhythm-Based Interaction” by Krakowski, Velho and Pachet
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- Pandeiro Funk: Experiments on Rhythm-Based Interaction
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This work addresses the problem of making the machine listen and react to the musician to generate high-quality music in an improvisation situation. The method uses rhythmic phrases as commands to control the computer instead of using pedals or other interfaces, so the musician can enter or leave an interaction mode just by playing a certain rhythmic phrase. The advantages of this approach are many. It is based in real-life experience. The musician can concentrate only on the music and not on control interfaces. It lets the musician control the machine without stopping the music flow. It requires low computational cost and gives fast results. Because it is audio-based, it can be applied to many sorts of instruments. And because a rhythmic phrase carries information that can be used as parameters during the interaction, the commands carry more information, and the interaction becomes richer and more natural. In this performance, the system is adapted to work with a Brazilian percussion instrument called Pandeiro. Includes a brief discussion of this performance.
