Sound Inventions is a collection of 34 articles taken from Experimental Musical Instruments, the seminal journal published from 1984 through 1999. In addition to the selected articles, the editors have contributed introductory essays, placing the material in cultural and temporal context, providing an overview of the field both before and after the time of original publication.
The Experimental Musical Instruments journal contributed extensively to a number of sub-fields, including sound sculpture and sound art, sound design, tuning theory, musical instrument acoustics, timbre and timbral perception, musical instrument construction and materials, pedagogy, and contemporary performance and composition. This book provides a picture of this important early period, presenting a wealth of material that is as valuable and relevant today as it was when first published, making it essential reading for anyone researching, working with or studying sound.
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Part 1 Introductory Essays |
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1 Perspectives on New Instruments: Ideas and Questions that Shape the Field of Experimental Musical Instrument Making |
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2 The Experimental Musical Instruments Journal: A History, as Recalled by the Founder and Editor |
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3 Steel Cello and Bow Chimes: Designed and Built by Robert Rutman |
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4 The Long String Instrument: Designed and Built by Ellen Fullman |
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5 Holy Crustacean, Batman, That Beast Sings! |
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6 The Megalyra Family of Instruments: Designed and Built by Ivor Darreg (1917-1994) |
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7 Daniel Schmidt's American Gamelan Instruments |
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8 The Waterphone: Designed and Built by Richard Waters |
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9 The Musical-Acoustical Development of the Violin Octet |
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10 Structures Sonores: Instruments of Bernard and Francois Baschet |
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11 Tata and his Kamakshi Veena |
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15 The Piatarbajo: Its History and Development |
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16 A Comparative Tunings Chart |
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17 Famous Color Instruments of the 19th and 20th Centuries |
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18 Membrane Reeds: Indonesia and Nicasio |
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19 Circuit-Bending and Living Instruments |
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20 The Giant Lamellophones: A Transatlantic Perspective |
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202 | (11) |
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21 Tumbas, Rumba Boxes, and Bamboo Flutes: Caribbean Instruments by Rupert Lewis |
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213 | (6) |
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22 "Sugar Belly" Walker and the Bamboo Saxophone |
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219 | (6) |
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23 Relating Timbre and Tuning |
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25 A Short Introduction to the Bambuso Sonoro |
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26 Augustus Stroh and the Famous Stroh Violin: Or "The Inventors of Abnormalities in the Field of Violin-Building Have Not Yet Become Extinct" |
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27 Drums for the 21st Century |
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28 The Flutes and Sound Sculptures of Susan Rawcliffe |
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29 Some Basics on Shell Trumpets and Some Very Basics on How to Make Them |
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30 A Musical Instrument Workshop in Hanoi |
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318 | (22) |
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340 | (11) |
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33 Mechanical Speech Synthesis |
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34 Beyond the Shaker: Experimental Instruments and the New Educational Initiatives |
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390 | (23) |
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36 Journey Through Sound and Flame: A Ceramic Musical Instrument Maker |
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Bart Hopkin is maker of acoustic musical instruments and student of instruments worldwide. He earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Harvard University in folklore and mythology specializing in ethnomusicology in 1974, and later received a B.A. in music education and a teaching credential at San Francisco State University. From 1985 to 1999, Bart edited the quarterly journal Experimental Musical Instruments. Since 1994, he has written numerous books on instruments and their construction, including the leading resource, Musical Instrument Design. He has produced CDs featuring the work of innovative instrument makers, including the very successful Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones.
Sudhu Tewari is an electro-acoustic composer, improvisor, and bricoleur in sound, kinetic and interactive art. He holds a B.A. in Music from Sonoma State University, an M.F.A. in Electronic Music and Recording Technology from Mills College, and a Ph.D. in Cultural Musicology from UC Santa Cruz. Sudhu builds audio electronics, acoustic instruments, kinetic sculptures, interactive installations, and sound sculpture. Dr. Tewari is Workshop Technician in the instrument building program at Mills College and teaches art, technology, and design at California College of the Arts, the University of San Francisco, and Expression College in Emeryville.
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