TY - CHAP
T1 - Instruments for everyone
T2 - Designing new means of musical expression for disabled creators
AU - Gehlhaar, Rolf
AU - Rodrigues, Paulo Maria
AU - Girão, Luis Miguel
AU - Penha, Rui
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Assistive technology
KW - Bespoke musical instruments
KW - Computer-aided performance
KW - Disability
KW - Modern performance practice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84958541686&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-45432-5_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-45432-5_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84958541686
SN - 9783642454318
VL - 536
T3 - Studies in Computational Intelligence
SP - 167
EP - 196
BT - Technologies of Inclusive Well-Being: Serious Games, Alternative Realities, and Play Therapy
PB - Springer Verlag
ER -