Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : June 08, 2016 - June 11, 2016
The ultimate goal of this study is to develop an anthropomorphic violin-playing robot that can expressively perform music pieces. In this study, we investigate how violinists alter sound volume and tempo in two musical pieces to express “bright” and “dark” timbre. Two trained violinists participated the experiment. We analyzed the data and found that the sound volume of the bright performance is larger than that of the dark. We also found that the sound volume of the dark performance increased in the middle of the musical piece. The violinists took faster tempo in the bright than the dark. In addition, we designed sound volume which varies with time based on the obtained results.
