The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec)
Online ISSN : 2424-3124
2015
Session ID : 1A1-M05
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1A1-M05 AN ASSIST SYSTEM FOR PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE : An Automatic Fingering System to Assist the Player with Disabled Fingers or Arms
Suguru TAKASHIMA
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Playing music by using some instruments is very interesting activity of the mankind and it gives the player very pleasant feeling. But it may happen that the player might have problems to make him unable to play. For example, it is essential for a woodwind instruments player to have non-disabled ten fingers. If one or both arms are disabled or even one of his ten fingers is disabled, the player inevitably cannot play woodwind instruments. It is the main purpose of this study that such players can play woodwind instruments as well as before. One of the ways of the solutions is to develop very handy and dexterous artificial hands and fingers. But it is very difficult or may be said to be impossible to create such artificial hands and fingers as to move as fast and prompt as human player. Another way is to customize the instrument or to make a special device attached to the instrument to enable the player to perform only by his single hand or by his own arms or foots (or legs) alternatively. The system considered consists of a fingering mechanism, its driving device and the controlling software. Using the system, the player can perform the woodwind instruments with only his mouth performance. Fingering is executed by an automatic fingering system using the MIDI data input before performance. The playing tempo can be varied during performance by his usable parts to keep the tempo with the other players.
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