Connected musicians examples of new supportive technologies for musician's performance analysis and daily routine

Abstract

Many technologies are used in musical instrument teaching and learning, starting with audio and video recordings, up to mobile phones equipped with several apps. In this paper, we try to show possibilities to integrate further technologies in musicians’ daily routine up to performance research. We describe several body worn and musical instrument integrated sensor setups in combination with a new app for data recording, storage and server connectivity, server based data distribution, visualization and several possibilities for real-time feedback. The system is a further development of PART (Performing ARts Technologies) system including, but not limited to the following musical instruments: Stringed instruments, clarinet, trumpet, cornet, trombone, drums and piano, but setups for several more instruments are available or further developed continuously. In general, for nearly every musical instrument and problem statement a specific modular set of sensors can be developed, adapted or already exists. Till now, the measured parameters include mainly motion, force, pressure and posture. Beside the further developed PART setup, some applications for string instruments and trumpet are described in this paper.