This video shows CSIRO's wearable instrument shirt guitar which works by recognising and interpreting arm movements and relaying this wirelessly to a computer for audio generation. (0:48)
Clip opens with the title slide showing text 'CSIRO wearable instrument shirt guitar' with CSIRO logo and weblink address www.csiro.au/i-textiles.
CSIRO Research engineer Dr Richard Helmer is standing ready to play the instrument superimposed on yellow background.
The intent of this clip is to show the casual look of the instrument as well as the postural flexibility and ability to repeatedly play performance parts with the CSIRO wearable instrument shirt guitar.
The wearable instrument shirt is a conventional black long sleeve T-shirt and the textile motion sensors used by the instrument for monitoring elbow movements and computer interface are not directly discernable in the garment.
Dr Helmer performs eight quaver guitar chucks (four times chuck-down and chuck-up, percussive guitar sounds) to begin the rhythm guitar part of his original composition Guitar hero.
“Developing the air guitar was a technical challenge for precision textile-based sensing.”
Dr Richard Helmer
Theme Leader: Advancing human performance
He then plays the chorus pattern (E major, B major, D major, A major 8ve) once through standing facing the camera. The verse pattern (A major, E major, G major, D major) is then played once through and he includes some windmill guitar poses.
The chorus is again played once through facing the camera in an enthusiastic style. The second verse has Dr Helmer playing the pattern twice. First, with guitar above and behind his head, followed by the guitar played off to the side.
The chorus is played one last time and Dr Helmer finishes with an A major chord played with a point to the sky and two chucks to finish.
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