Creating percussive rhythms using hand gestures by Han, Si Ding

“…A part of the investigation involves a comparison between two different hand gestures that are mapped to percussive instruments. A user study was conducted to determine which hand gesture is more intuitive when playing a percussive instrument using the LEAP Motion. …”
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Automatic assessment of percussion rhythm imitation by Bachhas, Nikita

“…Percussion instruments are an essential part of any music, in any genre. …”
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Versatile smartphone-based musical instrument by Lim, Jasmin Yi Jie

“…Therefore, this project aims to investigate the viability of developing an Android application that would leverage the various sensors embedded in Android smartphones to enable users to interact with virtual percussion instruments in an intuitive manner. Additionally, it will offer robust recording capabilities that would allow users to easily mix different instrumental sounds inside the application to create original musical compositions. …”
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Acoustic eigenfrequency analysis of some musical instruments by Kua, Li Shan.

“…The instruments considered include string instruments (e.g. guitar) and woodwind instruments (e.g. flute, horn, clarinet etc.) governed by the one-dimensional wave equation, and percussion instruments (e.g. circular drum, cymbals) governed by the two-dimensional wave equation. …”
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Touch-based percussion system using multiple multi-touch devices by Ngu, Leong Keng

“…This project uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to synchronize touch interactions between various connected devices. The virtual percussion instruments on screen would then allow users to collaborate in creating percussion rhythms simply by tapping on the instruments. …”
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Pitch perfect : a study on the influence of musician type on linguistic pitch processing by Bong, Jacqueline Michelle Mei-En

“…English-Chinese Singaporean bilingual undergraduates aged between 22 and 25 who are all musicians playing either a wind musician or a percussive instrument completed a series of Cantonese tone perception and production tasks. …”
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