Keys to Play : Music as a Ludic Medium from Apollo to Nintendo /

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"How do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and cultural techniques, Keys to play spans Greek myth and contemporary Japanese digital games to chart an archaeology of musical play and its animation via improvisation, performance, and recreation. As a paradigmati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Moseley, Roger, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Videospiel
Klaviermusik
Tasteninstrumentenmusik
Video games > Psychological aspects.
Play (Philosophy)
Music > Performance.
Keyboards (Music)
MUSIC > History & Criticism.
The arts.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Society and culture: general.
Music.
Media studies.
Jeux video > Aspect psychologique.
Jeu (Philosophie)
Claviers > Histoire.
Keyboards (Music) > History.
Music > Performance > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prelude: press any key to start
  • Pt I. Fields and interfaces of musical play
  • Key 1 Ludomusicality
  • Key 2 Digital analogies
  • Pt II. Play by play : improvisation, performance, recreation
  • Key 3 The emergence of musical play
  • Key 4 High scores: WAM vs. LVB
  • Key 5 Play again?

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