LAC 2015: Video: "Postrum II: A Posture Aid for Trumpet Players" by Mat Dalgleish, Chris Payne, Steve Spencer
Linux Audio Conference 2015
Postrum II: A Posture Aid for Trumpet Players
Mat Dalgleish, Chris Payne, Steve Spencer
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While brass pedagogy has traditionally focussed on sound output, the importance of bodily posture to both short-term performance and longer-term injury prevention is now widely recognized. Postrum II is a Linux-based system for trumpet players that performs real-time analysis of posture and uses a combination of visual and haptic feedback to try to correct any posture issues that are found. Issues underpinning the design of the system are discussed, the transition from Mac OS X to Ubuntu detailed, and some possibilities for future work suggested.

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