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Embodied Music Interaction: Creative Design Synergies Between Music Performance and HCI

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In music performance, a range of novel digital musical interfaces (DMIs) has been explored that share both real-time and musical interaction. This chapter draws on the theoretical strand in the human-computer interaction (HCI) of  embodied interaction, a conceptual approach that is helpful for designing novel physical interactions and experiences. This chapter compares the design characteristics of tangible, mobile, wearable, gesture sensor-based, and laptop-based interaction from an embodied music interaction perspective, in which shareability, digital-physical coupling, materiality, and situatedness are important design aspects for music performance. This approach can be helpful for identifying the limitations of existing designs and potential new areas for development.

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    Anna Xambó

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Xambó, A. (2017). Embodied Music Interaction: Creative Design Synergies Between Music Performance and HCI. In: Broadhurst, S., Price, S. (eds) Digital Bodies. Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95241-0_14

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