Notational semantics in music visualisation and notation

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Conference Proceeding

Publisher

ACMA

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Arts

School

Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA) / Music Research Group

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17628

Comments

Vickery, L. R. (2014). Notational semantics in music visualisation and notation . Proceedings of Australasian Computer Music Conference. (pp. 101-112). Melbourne, VIC. ACMA. Available here

Abstract

This paper examines a range of methods of exploiting the inherent semantic qualities of graphical symbols, colour and visual communication. Moody’s Notations Theory is used as a starting point in the discussion of expanding the range of techniques for visualizing sound and instrumental notation. Recent findings in the understanding of semantic primes, visual language, perceptual metaphors and “weak synaesthesia” are examined and connections to existing sound-based fields such as spectromorphology, action-based scores, graphical and animated notation. The potentials for the use of colour to represent timbre both for descriptive analytical and prescriptive compositional tool in electroacoustic music is explored. Works by Cathy Berbarian, Luciano Berio, Aaron Cassidy, Vinko Globokar, Juraj Kojs, Helmut Lachenmann, Ryan Ross Smith and the author are discussed.

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