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GestureChords: Transparency in gesturally controlled digital musical instruments through iconicity and conceptual metaphor (2016)
Journal Article
Brown, D., Nash, C., & Mitchell, T. (2016). GestureChords: Transparency in gesturally controlled digital musical instruments through iconicity and conceptual metaphor

This paper presents GestureChords, a mapping strategy for chord selection in freehand gestural instruments. The strategy maps chord variations to a series of hand postures using the concepts of iconicity and conceptual metaphor, influenced by their u... Read More about GestureChords: Transparency in gesturally controlled digital musical instruments through iconicity and conceptual metaphor.

The cognitive dimensions of music notations (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Nash, C. (2015, May). The cognitive dimensions of music notations. Paper presented at International Conference on Technologies for Music Notation and Representation (TENOR) 2015, Paris-Sorbonne / IRCAM, Paris, France

This paper presents and adapts the Cognitive Dimensions of Notations framework (Green and Petre, 1996) for use in designing and analysing notations (and user interfaces) in both digital and traditional music practice and study. Originally developed t... Read More about The cognitive dimensions of music notations.

Turnector: Tangible control widgets for capacitive touchscreen devices (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Rutter, E. K., Nash, C., & Mitchell, T. J. (2014, September). Turnector: Tangible control widgets for capacitive touchscreen devices. Paper presented at The 40th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) joint with the 11th Sound & Music Computing conference (SMC), Athens, Greece

This paper details the development of Turnector, a control system based upon tangible widgets that are manipulated on the touchscreen of a capacitive touch device. Turnector widgets are modelled on rotary faders and aim to connect the user to paramet... Read More about Turnector: Tangible control widgets for capacitive touchscreen devices.

Manhattan: End-user programming for music (2014)
Book Chapter
Nash, C. (2014). Manhattan: End-user programming for music. In B. Caramiaux, K. Tahiroğlu, R. Fiebrink, & A. Tana (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression (221-226). London, UK: Goldsmiths, University of London

This paper explores the concept of end-user programming languages in music composition, and introduces the Manhattan system, which integrates formulas with a grid-based style of music sequencer. Following the paradigm of spreadsheets, an established... Read More about Manhattan: End-user programming for music.

Flow of creative interaction with digital music notations (2014)
Book Chapter
Nash, C., & Blackwell, A. (2014). Flow of creative interaction with digital music notations. In K. Collins, B. Kapralos, & H. Tessler (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Interactive Audio (387-404). New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199797226.013.023

This chapter highlights disjunctions between usability approaches and the needs of creative music practices, drawing on research into creativity and human–computer interaction (HCI) to integrate concepts of flow, virtuosity, and liveness into the des... Read More about Flow of creative interaction with digital music notations.