Desenvolvimento e construção do Sistema de Controle por Pedal de Placas Metálicas - SICPPLAM2020

Abstract

Musical repertoire written for percussion requires, on several works, sonic exploration submersing metal plates in water. Percussionists should use one of his hands as a way to control instrument’s submersion/ emersion in water, limiting his performance. Restrictions on dimensions/ weight of the instrument and sonic explorations, muscle stress and risk of injuries, quality of performance are some of the problems regarded. Using as a reference research on patents and trademarks and working with software for 3D projects development, we built the Metal Plate Pedal Control System, a mechanism that allows percussionists to control by foot the motion of submersion/emersion of metal plates in contact with water, thus leaving both hands ‘free’ for sonic explorations. It is intended to contribute to the improvement of percussive performance as well as to open new paths for composition and interpretation of new percussion works that use water as a source of sound and timbre exploration.