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Abstract:
The aim of this project was to create a completely new instrument and performance environment taking as a starting point the dynamics and characteristics of the trombone. Custom designed proximity sensors were employed, augmented by commercially produced transducers. These sensors were built into the performance space so that the instrumentalist could affect various sound transformation parameters by using a modified trombone slide and a custom design anechoic mute. The first performance of the resulting electro-acoustic piece entitled Zero in the Bone was given by the Trombonist Barry Web in April 1997 as part of the University of Huddersfield's Electric Spring programme.
* Department of Music, The University of
Huddersfield, UK - e-mail: smusmab@hud.ac.uk