Keys to play : music as a ludic medium from Apollo to Nintendo / Roger Moseley.
"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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Oakland, California :
University of California Press,
[2016]
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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?