rights reserved. please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the university of california press's rights and permissions website, we investigate a role for vision in skilled guitar playing, focusing on visual contributions to the representation of basic first-position root chords (C, A, G, E, D). Experiment 1 involved naming or playing guitar chor...

An important aspect of the sound of the acoustic guitar is the beating caused by string interaction. In this paper, we present a coupled string model for the acoustic guitar that includes the body in the feedback loop. Constraints on the model parameters are determined using Finite Element analysis of the saddle. Key−Words: Music, Sound synthesis, Physical modeling, String Coupling, Waveguide

Analysis and Synthesis of Expressive Guitar Performance Raymond Vincent Migneco Advisor: Youngmoo Edmund Kim, Ph.D. The guitar is one of the most popular and versatile instruments used in Western music cultures. Dating back to the Renaissance era, the guitar can be heard in nearly every genre of Western music, and is arguably the most widely used instrument in present-day rock music. Over the s...

NASA-Threads is a full length high school physics program developed by Louisiana Tech University faculty with support from NASA. NASAThreads is a partnership between K-12 schools and Louisiana Tech University that aims to improve high school student achievement in mathematics and science. This partnership will result in better prepared students entering science, technology, engineering, and mat...

We have introduced a new gesture-detection technique that utilizes the interference of earphones on a magnetic pickup. This technique is advantageous because it can be easily applied to almost any type of electric guitar without cracking it, and it can be used as a gesture-based effect control system. This system utilizes a theoretically audible, but practically inaudible range (TAPIR) acoustic...

This paper presents a new approach for designing acoustic guitars, making use of the virtual environment. The physical connection between users and their instruments is preserved, while offering innovative sound design. This paper will discuss two projects, reAcoustic eGuitar, the concept of a digitally fabricated instrument to design acoustic sounds, and A Physical Resonator For a Virtual Guit...

The Faculty of Engineering at Victoria University of Wellington, in Collaboration with the New Zealand School of Music, has constructed a four-stringed modular robotic bass guitar, MechBass. This paper presents a systems overview of the instrument, focusing on the fretting mechanism, picking mechanism, actuator control electronics, and control software. Upon evaluation and testing, MechBass has...

The authors performed a behavioral study of the complexity of left-hand finger movements in classical guitar playing. Six professional guitarists played movement sequences in a fixed tempo. Left-hand finger movements were recorded in 3 dimensions, and the guitar sound was recorded synchronously. Assuming that performers prefer to avoid extreme joint angles when moving, the authors hypothesized ...