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Exciting Instrumental Data: Toward an Expanded Action-Oriented Ontology for Digital Music Performance

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dc.contributor.advisorBailey, Steven C.
dc.contributor.advisorvan der Bliek, Rob
dc.contributor.advisorSinclair, Don
dc.creatorMcLeod, Ian Charles
dc.date.accessioned2015-08-28T14:39:05Z
dc.date.available2015-08-28T14:39:05Z
dc.date.copyright2013-12-18
dc.date.issued2015-08-28
dc.date.updated2015-08-28T14:39:05Z
dc.degree.disciplineInterdisciplinary Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractMusical performance using digital musical instruments has obfuscated the relationship between observable musical gestures and the resultant sound. This is due to the sound producing mechanisms of digital musical instruments being hidden within the digital music making system. The difficulty in observing embodied artistic expression is especially true for musical instruments that are comprised of digital components only. Despite this characteristic of digital music performance practice, this thesis argues that it is possible to bring digital musical performance further within our action-oriented ontology by understanding the digital musician through the lens of Lévi-Strauss’ notion of the bricoleur. Furthermore, by examining musical gestures with these instruments through a multi-tiered analytical framework that accounts for the physical computing elements necessarily present in all digital music making systems, we can further understand and appreciate the intricacies of digital music performance practice and culture.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/29823
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subjectMultimedia
dc.subjectPerforming arts
dc.subject.keywordsMusic
dc.subject.keywordsPhysical computing
dc.subject.keywordsMusical gesture
dc.subject.keywordsPerforming practice
dc.subject.keywordsDigital musical instrument
dc.titleExciting Instrumental Data: Toward an Expanded Action-Oriented Ontology for Digital Music Performance
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US

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