UnitKeyboard: さまざまな演奏スタイルに適応可能な電子鍵盤楽器

UnitKeyboard: a Musical Keyboard for Various Musical Execution Styles

著者/Authors

竹川佳成	Yoshinari Takegawa	大阪大学大学院情報科学研究科マルチメディア工学専攻	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
寺田努	Tsutomu Terada	大阪大学大学院情報科学研究科マルチメディア工学専攻	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
西尾章治郎	Shojiro Nishio	大阪大学大学院情報科学研究科マルチメディア工学専攻	Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University

概要/Abstract

Musical keyboard instrument has a long history, then we have many kinds of keyboards (ex. piano, choir organ, and accordion). Since conventional keyboards cannot change their hardware configuration such as the number of keys they have, we have to carry with a too big keyboard for playing music that requires only small diapason. To solve this problem, the goal of our study is to construct UnitKeyboard, which has only 12 keys (7 white keys and 5 black keys) and connectors to dock other UnitKeyboard. We can build various kinds of keyboard configurations by connecting UnitKeyboard to others. Moreover, since UnitKeyboard has various functions such as the automatic settings considering the relationship among multiple keyboards, and intuitive controls using sensors and actuators, we can play music flexibly by using Unitkeyboard.

キーワード/Keywords

鍵盤楽器,楽器演奏,電子ブロック