A bit of a late find, as the vid is from May, but this is a great material about #gameDesign used for contemporary #composition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRsbkdoHLbM

with a chamber ensemble, Away From Keyboard

#contemporaryMusic #composers #gamePiece #ludicPiece #gamePieces #ludicPieces

AFK & Musical Games - exploring play and interactivity in performance

YouTube

Here’s a closer look at four of the game pieces from MetiKoro! It’s fascinating how much depth and strategy can emerge from just seven simple pieces.

Check out the rules: https://metikumi.com/docs/metikoro/

#3DPrinting #BoardGame #GamePieces #Strategy

MetiKoro - Game Manual | Metikumi

Take tactical actions, skillfully roll orbs into their targets, and win by being the first to bring three orbs into your home!

This Game Is Awfully Complicated by Eris And AI

This Game Is Awfully Complicated by Eris And AI

Eris And AI

Can YOU aid a ragtag group of knowledge-seekers on their quest to learn about...

1993's Contemporary Improvised Music Festival in Hague that had at least a day under the banner of "GAMES"?

Some recordings are on this cool album:
https://scatterarchive.bandcamp.com/album/fish-of-the-week

But where to read? Read a lot? :)
Boosts for reach appreciated!

@experimentalmusic
#experimentalMusic #contemporaryMusic #games #musicGames #improvisedMusic #improvisation #SteveBeresford #Hague #Scatter #gamePieces #musicFestival #askFedi

Fish of the Week, by Steve Beresford

9 track album

scatterArchive
Cards Against Musicians || Chaos, Game Pieces, and Controlled Improvisation

Controlled Chaos For those unfamiliar, a game piece is defined as a concept of experimental music having its roots with composers Iannis Xenakis, Christian Wolff, John Zorn and Mathius Shadow-Sky and may be considered as controlled improvisation. (Wikipedia, Game piece (music)) While there the element of improvisation is a large part of what makes up game pieces, there are parameters that exist to guide their music in a certain direction. There are ideas and interactions that are created by the

Natalie Stepaniak

History time! :)

#JohnZorn's #Cobra is an important piece in the history of #musicGames (called "#gamePieces" in #experimentalMusic).

Inspired by a #hexGrid #wargame, it's a complex mix of musical mechanics Zorn explored since the early 70s.

Alas, it didn't spawn a flurry of further experimentation. The Golden Age is still ahead of us... ;)

Hex game, 1977:
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4008/cobra-game-normandy-breakout

On the premiere event, 1984:
https://roulette.org/event/john-zorn-cobra-premiere/

Album (2 diverse takes), 1987:
https://youtu.be/WQy-7E-GIFw

Cobra: Game of the Normandy Breakout

Regiment/division scale simulation of the Allied breakout from Normandy, Summer 1944.

BoardGameGeek

#introduction

Hi! :)

We're Games for Music, a #wiki that collects free-to-play #tabletop #musicGames (#fun rules for #improvisation).

Aiming at the ideal spot between #experimentalMusic and #boardGameDesign.

If you share openly your creations of this sort, please consider adding to our library. We'd love to connect also with all players and knowledge-seekers! :)

#music #games #gamePieces #openScores #soundActivities

Hi!

Games for Music wiki collects free-to-play #tabletop #musicGames / #gamePieces / #openScores / "advanced concepts" for #improvisation.

We try to stay at the ideal spot between #experimentalMusic and #gameDesign.

If you share openly your creations of this sort, please consider adding to our library (we can help!). If you play, have a look around too. We generally gather all knowledge on the topic, feel free to ask any questions! :)

#introduction