TY - GEN
T1 - 3-Axis fingertip force during playing the string instrument
AU - Hori, M.
AU - Hosono, M.
AU - Takahashi, H.
AU - Matsumoto, K.
AU - Shimoyama, I.
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - In this paper, we propose a measurement method of 3-axis fingertip force which works when playing a string instrument. A small and thin 3-axis tactile sensor was fabricated to attach to the first finger. The force sensing elements were formed within 1 mm×1 mm on the sensor chip, and the thickness of the sensor was 3 mm. A guitar was used as a string instrument. Using the proposed method, the 3-axis fingertip force was measured in two cases; (a) when the guitar string was held down incorrectly; (b) when the guitar string was held down properly. The data of the 3-axis tactile sensor and the guitar sound were recorded simultaneously. Comparing both cases, it was indicated that the number of the guitar sound's overtone spectra was increased when the string vibration did not propagate through the finger. This proposed method will develop a significant way to analyze the relationship between musicians' fingertip force and instrument sounds.
AB - In this paper, we propose a measurement method of 3-axis fingertip force which works when playing a string instrument. A small and thin 3-axis tactile sensor was fabricated to attach to the first finger. The force sensing elements were formed within 1 mm×1 mm on the sensor chip, and the thickness of the sensor was 3 mm. A guitar was used as a string instrument. Using the proposed method, the 3-axis fingertip force was measured in two cases; (a) when the guitar string was held down incorrectly; (b) when the guitar string was held down properly. The data of the 3-axis tactile sensor and the guitar sound were recorded simultaneously. Comparing both cases, it was indicated that the number of the guitar sound's overtone spectra was increased when the string vibration did not propagate through the finger. This proposed method will develop a significant way to analyze the relationship between musicians' fingertip force and instrument sounds.
KW - Fingertip force
KW - Sound analysis
KW - String instrument
KW - Tactile sensor
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U2 - 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627374
DO - 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627374
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891697624
SN - 9781467359818
T3 - 2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013
SP - 2745
EP - 2748
BT - 2013 Transducers and Eurosensors XXVII
T2 - 2013 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, TRANSDUCERS and EUROSENSORS 2013
Y2 - 16 June 2013 through 20 June 2013
ER -