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Title: "Motion Capture To Build A Foundation For A Computer Controlled Instrument By Study Of Classical Guitar Performance"

Using an experimental analytic approach, the specific questions asked are: (1) How exactly is the guitar sound produced by the player? (2) Can the gestures required for each sound be identified? (3) Can motion capture depict the mechanics of how the instrument is played precisely enough to be analyzed? (4) Can the motion captured articulations be categorized in terms of degrees of freedom? The results from these questions can be used to determine the optimal degrees of freedom necessary to build a computer controlled representation of the classical guitar in the future and may contribute to the basic study of similar instruments.

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