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halldorophone

halldorophone noun: an electroacoustic string instrument, the sound of which makes use of electro acoustic feedback to produce drones and otherwise resembles a cello.

Noun

halldorophone (plural halldorophones)

  1. An electroacoustic string instrument, the sound of which makes use of electro acoustic feedback to produce drones and otherwise resembles a cello.
    • Continua is a duet for cellist and live coder, each playing a hybrid instrument based on the Halldorophone, an electroacoustic instrument in which electromagnetically-controlled feedback can be induced independently on each string.2016, Alice Eldridge, Chris Kiefer, “Continua: a resonator-feedback-cello duet for live coder and cellist”, in Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics and X...
    • Following the design of the halldorophone, the self-resonating behaviour of the Feedback Cello is induced by acoustic and vibrational actuation: the signals from pickups under each string are sent to a speaker built into the back of the instrument, and a vibrational transducer fixed on the front.2017, Alice Eldridge, Chris Kiefer, “The self-resonating feedback cello: interfacing gestural and generative processes in improvised performance”, in Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical...

Forms of halldorophone

pluralhalldorophones

Origin of halldorophone

Named according to the inventor, Halldór Úlfarsson from Iceland, who developed the instrument in late 2000s while studying at University of Art and Design Helsinki.

Questions about halldorophone

What does halldorophone mean?
Halldorophone means an electroacoustic string instrument, the sound of which makes use of electro acoustic feedback to produce drones and otherwise resembles a cello.
What part of speech is halldorophone?
Halldorophone is a noun.
What is the plural of halldorophone?
The plural of halldorophone is halldorophones.

Words near halldorophone in the dictionary

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  2. Hallbankgate
  3. Hallberg
  4. Hallbergs
  5. hallcest
  6. halldorophone
  7. halldorophones
  8. Halle
  9. hallebardier
  10. hallebardiers
  11. Halleck

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