GUIDONIAN HAND

Music 220a Final Project

A medieval mnemonic sightsinging device also used for algorithmic composition.

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A ChucK Realization

The Guidonian hand assigns vowels to frequencies through a mapping on the hand.

Text File Reading

Sonify any text file through the Guidonian hand vowel system (located in the guidonian.ck file).

Hand Model

Place the left hand fingertips on the 9, p, semicolon, and period keys on the keyboard to emulate a gestural controller for the pitches (in the hand.ck file).

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Vowel Keyboard

Vowel input on the keyboard will return a random pitch associated with that vowel (also in the guidonian.ck file).

Files

guidonian.ck

hand.ck

gentle.txt (default text file)