On the use of flute air jet as a musical control variable

Authors:
Andrey R. da Silva;Marcelo M. Wanderley;Gary Scavone
Affiliations:
McGill University, Montreal, Canada;McGill University, Montreal, Canada;McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Venue:
NIME '05 Proceedings of the 2005 conference on New interfaces for musical expression
Year:
2005

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Abstract

This paper aims to present some perspectives on mapping embouchure gestures of flute players and their use as control variables. For this purpose, we have analyzed several types of sensors, in terms of sensitivity, dimension, accuracy and price, which can be used to implement a system capable of mapping embouchure parameters such as air jet velocity and air jet direction. Finally, we describe the implementation of a sensor system used to map embouchure gestures of a classical Boehm flute.