Enabling Embodied Music-Making for Non-Musicians

Lucía Montesínos; Halfdan Hauch Jensen; Anders Løvlie

Image credit: Lucía Montesínos; Halfdan Hauch Jensen; Anders Løvlie

• Format: oral
• Session: papers-5
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• Presence: in person
• Duration: 10
• Type: medium

Abstract:

We present a Research through Design exploration of the potential for using tangible and embodied interactions to enable active music experiences - musicking - for non-musicians. We present the Tubularium prototype, which aims to facilitate music-making to non-musicians by not requiring any initial skill while still eliciting agency and overall, providing a meaningful experience. We present the design of the prototype and the features implemented and reflect on insights from a public event in which the prototype was trialed.