Extended flute techniques in an interactive electronic system

Doctoral student: Kristupas Gikas
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Abstract

Kristupas Gikas

The object of this research is the application of the extended flute techniques in an interactive electronic system. The research summarises and evaluates the discoveries made so far in the field of electroacoustic music, refines the technological possibilities that currently is or can be used to create electroacoustic music, reveals the technical and cognitive aspects of electroacoustic sound and perspectives of technology application in a rapidly changing contemporary music field. It presents effective methods for acoustic and electronic sound synchronisation, as well for the interaction between acoustic and electronic timbres. Much attention is paid to advanced techniques of acoustic instruments, typology and creative possibilities in an interactive electroacoustic system.

During the process of research author will explain how the peculiarities of electroacoustic music performance and creation change with the increasingly important position of technology, what are the interpretive possibilities of electroacoustic music, how electronic creative tools change the principles of contemporary music performance and the concept of interactivity, what are the most effective methods of complex electroacoustic sound classification, how cognition of electronic creative tools changes the quality of instrumentalist performativity, and in general, what are the practices of contemporary music artist, technical possibilities, spectrum of instrumentarium and general tendencies of electroacoustic music creation and performance.

Three chapters of the research work are focused on the most important elements of this topic: the first chapter examines the nature of sound, describes extended flute techniques. The second chapter details the concept of interactivity and its meaning in electroacoustic music, reveals the peculiarities of computer music, examines the creative methods of K. Stockhausen, J. Cage, B. Parmegiani, D. Smalley, T. Wishart, I. Xenakis. The third chapter delves into the practical features of performance, the application of advanced techniques in an interactive electronic system, and presents the creative process of the author’s final art project