This video shows the wearable shirt tambourine instrument which works by recognising and interpreting arm movements and relaying this wirelessly to a computer for audio generation. (0:21)
This video clip opens with the title slide showing text, CSIRO Wearable Instrument Shirt Tambourine, with the CSIRO logo and weblink address www.csiro.au/i-textiles with Mr Thorsten Karrer (a CSIRO student intern in 2006 from RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany) standing superimposed on a green background ready to play the instrument.
The intent of this clip is to show the postural flexibility and ability to repeatedly play performance parts with the CSIRO wearable tambourine instrument shirt.
“Developing the objectless instruments was a technical challenge for precision textile-based sensing.”
Dr Richard Helmer
The textile motion sensors used by the instrument for monitoring elbow movements are clearly visible in this clip (black sleeve located on the elbows) and the sensors are connected by wires to the PC interface (not shown).
Mr Thorsten Karrer plays a simple moderately paced tambourine rhythm with occasional accents that simulate a tambourine being shaken and also tapped for accent.
He first plays the invisible instrument held in front of him with occasional taps at waist height side on to the camera.
He is later shown standing front on playing the instrument below waist height and tapping it on his lower thigh. He finishes by 'throwing the instrument down'.
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