SABRe: Affordances, Realizations and Perspectives

This paper focuses on the Sensor Augmented Bass clarinet Research (SABRe) in terms of musical practice, instrumentalist skills and compositional approaches. After a short overview of the concept of embodiment and instrument, the new possibilities of the SABRe instrument are exposed. Then, the first realized compositions present the strategies they deploy in view of the new control modalities and the exploration of affordances this augmented bass clarinet offers. Finally, some possible improvements and perspectives are outlined.