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Music Animation Machine Techniques
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technique |
result |
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| all notes the same look | show texture |
| background gradient | show measure accent structure |
| color | show several melodic lines at once |
| color | show which hand is playing |
| color | show interval type |
| color | show dynamics |
| color | show rhythmic subdivision class |
| color (/3D) | show groups in polychoral music |
| colored pitch lines | show important pitch classes |
| connecting lines | show melody connections |
| connecting notes | show extended canon |
| different horizontal rates/widths | show augmentation/diminution |
| different horizontal rates/widths | show augmentation/diminution |
| fat connector | mark melodic motiv |
| green background | suggest water |
| grouping | show how notes at different octaves form a single melodic thread |
| horizontal lines | show treble/bass staves |
| horizontal offset | show canon |
| inside/outside shapes | show two groups of instruments |
| jiggly shape | show vibrating instrument |
| layers (accumulating) | show theme and variation |
| lines | show shape of ostinato |
| live background | show performers |
| note thickness (height) | show dynamics |
| note thickness (height) | show dynamics |
| overview | show structure of the whole piece |
| overview | show large-scale canons |
| path looping | emphasize direction change |
| shape | suggest envelope of notes |
| shape | show different playing technique (pizz. versus norm.) |
| shape | show original melody versus ornamentation/addition |
| shape | show difference between melodic/chordal elements |
| shape | different melodic elements |
| shape | suggest "feel" |
| shape | show instrumental groups |
| shape (and inter-note connector) | show repeating bass in chaconne |
| shape/style | give predominant melody its own special look |
| size | emphasize differences in note duration (in fugue) |
| slow vertical glide (and pitch shift) | show perpetual canon |
| split screen | show performer |
| split screen | show multiple views of the performer |
| text overlay | show lyrics |
| traverse behaviors | emphasize how different parts move |
| two videos | show two-part music |
| width | show continuous dynamics |
| (various methods) | show bowing |
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