A 3D Graphic Score Space and the Creative Techniques and Performance Practices that Emerge From It
Lauren McCall, Jason Freeman · 2021
The 3D graphic score space created for this study is a non-immersive virtual reality space for creating musical scores utilizing graphic notation. This project involved two main aspects; developing the graphic score space followed by a two-part user study. Two groups participated during the user study; one group of participants created graphic scores, and the second group of participants performed these graphic scores. The first question guiding this study is: what creative practices and techniques come about while designing a 3D graphic score with a screen-based non-immersive VR system? The second question is: what performance practices emerge when performing from different vantage points while viewing a screen-based non-immersive VR graphic score? This paper will present further details about the overall design and implementation of this particular 3D graphic score space and the common themes between participant groups revealed during the user study.