EnseWing: Creating Instrumental Ensemble Playing Experience for Children with Limited Music Training
summary
EnseWing is an interactive system that maps horizontal hand gestures to preprogrammed notes using a hand-worn gyroscope, with a gesture-recognition module, music module and display; pitch is fixed and higher hand height increases volume. A two-month field deployment in a Beijing primary school with six children (two with instrument experience) runs 14 ninety-minute sessions and ends in a parent performance. Children reach basic ensemble performance: rhythm awareness by sessions 5–6, steady coordination by session 8, and more peer collaboration, while volume control remains unused.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to EnseWing
- 1:39Design goals of EnseWing
- 4:10System and interface overview
- 5:15Field study setup
- 7:02Results and findings
- 10:19Children's ensemble awareness
- 11:48Live performance demo
- 12:08Q&A: Future work and creativity
- 13:58Q&A: Volume control feedback
- 15:04Closing remarks
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