Guitar Improvisation Preparation and Practice: A Digital-Assisted Approach Integrating Set Theory and Mechanical Gesture Exploration

A flowchart showing the guitar improvisation harmonic framework. A green music notation box feeds into a central processing node that branches into Angle and Harmonic Distance computations, which then produce three modulation option outputs labeled Mechanical, Angle, and Harmonic Distance, each illustrated with a small scatter plot.
Fig. 1: Guitar Improvisation Harmonic Framework problem modeling, showing the pipeline from input musical gestures through angle and harmonic distance computations to modulation options (Mechanical, Angle, Harmonic Distance).
Abstract
This paper presents a digital-assisted approach for guitar improvisation preparation and practice that integrates set theory with mechanical gesture exploration. The system helps guitarists develop improvisational skills by visualizing pitch-class sets and exploring physical gestures on the instrument.
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Leon Salcedo
Maria Fernanda Zuniga-Zabala
John Alexis Guerra Gomez
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Guitar Improvisation Preparation and Practice: A Digital-Assisted Approach Integrating Set Theory and Mechanical Gesture Exploration

Leon Salcedo, Maria Fernanda Zuniga-Zabala, and John Alexis Guerra-Gomez. Proc. ArtsIT—ArtsIT. 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-55319-6_12

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