May 10 & 11 5pm-9pm
Spring Show 2005
721 Broadway
at Waverly Place
4th Floor
South Elevators
New York, NY 10003
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| Dragon Drum | ||
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| Author(s): | Makiko Saito Jun Oh |
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| Instructor: | Rozin, Daniel | |
| Class: | Toy Design Workshop | |
| URL: | http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~ms4046/ToyDesign/index.html | |
| Keywords: | http://junandmako.blogspot.com/ | |
| Toy musical instrument with Asian feature. | ||
| This instrument will give children the opportunities to explore different kinds of Asian beats and stress so that children can observe skills while playing a drum. | ||
| Personal Statement: | Unlike other musical instruments, this drum is more instinctive. Even though those who hardly know notes can play with this drum. | |
| Background: | While doing market researches, we realized that eToy Musical Instrumentf for children lacked of sound quality and interactivities. Thus we applied them to Japanese traditional Taiko drum.
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| Audience: | 3 to 8 year-old children | |
| User Scenario: | Play Mode:
(When children beat the drum, they will hear drum sounds and LEDs feedback. Also while playing they can record their playing and replay it later.) - Children can play this drum by themselves at home. - Since this is a portable drum, they can bring it to friends\' house. Lesson Mode: (By following blinking LEDs and sounds, children can learn Asian beats. After lesson mode, children will get suitable cue in order to play by themselves.) - Children will get three different kinds of lessons that are pre-programmed into a drum so that they can learn Asian beats visually and audibly. Future Plan: - Children who want to play a drum as a game can use ggame modeh which is like the game, gSimon Saidh. - They can play a drum with their friends through the Internet. In addition, they can upload their own drum sounds online and share it with friends. - Since physical movement is important for Japanese drum, children will use the website to learn how to dance when they play a drum. | |
| Technical System Description: | - Using three pic chip 18F452.
- Piezo sensor is set under the surface of the drum skin, and sends the value to the MIDI velocity. When the sensor sends its value, a shiftregister let LEDs blink. - For lesson mode, we composed three kinds of beats which we learned from Japanese drum player, Hiro. Those sounds correspond with LEDs as well. - For sound cue, we hacked CD player and connected to a pic chip. | |
| Project References, Research and Literature: | gSoh Daikoh (Japanese drum organization)
gTaiko Masalah (Japanese drum organization) http://www.taiko-masala.com/ gKodo: Live at the Acropolish by Tristar Music Imports Special Thanks to: Todd Holoubek, Michael Luck Shnieder, Christine Brumback, Wlodek Koss, Midori Yasuda, Hiro Kurashima | |
| Conclusions: | We will do user-test with children to get feedback from them and evaluate a drum accordingly.
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