Curriculum
Computer Science for Societal Challenges and Innovation, XXXIX series
Grant sponsor
MUR PNRR DM118
Supervisor

Antonio Rodà
Co-supervisor
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Eloisa Valenza
Contact
giulio.pitteri@studenti.unipd.it

Project description
Music is a fundamental aspect of human life and has been so from ancient times, but for ancient instruments their conservation state does not allow to directly play them. There are two possible solutions: the first is to make a physical replica of the instrument itself, the other is to obtain from it a virtual model for digitally generating its sound. While used with modern musical instruments, this approach has yet to be adapted to historical musical instruments, thus the main finality of this project is to gather all the existing knowledge on the techniques used to virtualize modern instruments and to apply a revised version of those on two ancient instruments. The case studies will be two: the first is an Etruscan snare drum preserved in the Adria museum, the second is a Roman brass instrument found near Voghenza. After the models have been created, they will be employed in the construction of two museum interactive installations, complete with a display case for the instruments and a user interface allowing the audience to hear the original sound. The assessment phase will be used to evaluate the results and use its feedback to correct both the models and the installations.