The Vibrating Drum - developing a practice for the modern percussionist

Ingar Zach

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The Vibrating Drum - developing a practice for the modern percussionist (2024)

Ingar Zach

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Over the last 60 years, contemporary percussionists have been investigating the potential of their instruments beyond established classical techniques, making use of a variety of preparations and techniques, additional electronic amplification and manipulation, and alternative setups. In my artistic research project The Vibrating Drum, I apply my background as a percussionist working in various experimental disciplines towards a consideration of how the vibrating speaker (the transducer) can be used to produce sustained sounds. Over the course of my project, I have assembled a haptic system comprising vibrating speakers in contact with the drum skin, small amplifiers, and iPads, that allows me to create and develop new artistic works for percussion. My methodology entails giving a series of solo concerts, where I present different versions of the setup and material from my ongoing research. I have also introduced my material in collaborative projects and explored how vibrating material interacts with specific acoustic spaces. To produce my formal artistic results, I edited and structured the recorded material, which resulted in two solo albums, a video installation, and a final concert. The aim of this research is to broaden my own practice and to offer a tool for modern percussionists, composers, educators, and others for whom my research and approach would be relevant in the future.

type	research exposition
date	28/02/2023
published	19/03/2024
last modified	19/03/2024
status	published
share status	private
copyright	Ingar Zach
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/2004125/2365547
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/nmh-ar.2004125
published in	Norwegian Academy of Music
portal issue	9. Publications 2024
connected to	Norwegian Academy of Music

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2013855	RC Eksempelvideo	Jonas Sjøvaag	Public domain
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2035827	strumento di etimo incerto	Aspen Edities	CC BY-NC
2035954	The Vibrating Drum II	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2035958	The Vibrating Drum III	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2035960	The Vibrating Drum IV	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2035984	strumento di etimo incerto	Aspen Edities	CC BY-NC
2036516	The Vibrating Drum IV	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2038355	The Vibrating Drum V	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2040106	What do you hear, what do you see ?	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2040113	Singing bowls, triangle & chain	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2040131	Slow Mo 1	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2040193	Ekkofritt rom Blindern	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2041385	ZachSeabackNov2022	Ingar Zach Robert Seaback	CC BY-NC
2098380	Final edit 1 JIM-INGAR	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2098393	Final edit 2 JIM-INGAR	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2105415	Final edit 3 JIM-INGAR	Ingar Zach	CC BY-SA
2105420	Final edit 4 JIM-INGAR	Ingar Zach	CC BY-SA
2105523	01_Cicchitaredu	Ingar Zach	CC BY-SA
2105734	Final edit 1 JIM-INGAR	Ingar Zach	CC BY-SA
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2124260	Cicchitaredu-Reflection 1.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC-ND
2124262	Cicchitaredu-Reflection 2.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC-ND
2124263	Cicchitaredu-Reflection 3.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC-ND
2124264	Cicchitaredu-Reflection 4.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC-ND
2206441	Musica Liquida crop1	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2206442	Musica Liquida crop2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2206443	Musica Liquida crop3	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2206444	Musica Liquida crop4	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
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2233202	INGAR ZACH VIDEO 1	INGAR ZACH	CC BY-NC
2233204	INGAR ZACH VIDEO 1 HØYKANT	INGAR ZACH	CC BY-NC
2245702	INGAR ZACH VIDEO 1	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2245717	Loop 1 video 1	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245720	Loop 1 video 2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245723	Loop 1 video 3	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245727	Loop 1 video 4	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245752	Loop 1 video 5	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245755	Loop 1 video 6	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245784	Loop 2 video 1	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245787	Loop 2 video 2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245790	Loop 2 video 3	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2245793	Loop 2 video 4	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
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2245808	Loop 3 video 1	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
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2245818	Loop 3 video 4	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
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2245824	Loop 3 video 6	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2245829	Bilde video installasjon	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246689	Loop 4 video 1	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246692	Loop 4 video 2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246694	Loop 4 video 2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246697	Loop 4 video 3	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246700	Loop 4 video 4	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246703	Loop 4 video 5	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2246706	Loop 4 video 6	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2249008	Skjermbilde The Vibrating Drum I	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2249011	Skjermbilde The Vibrating Drum II	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2249017	Skjermbilde The Vibrating Drum III	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2249020	Skjermbilde The Vibrating Drum IV	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2249026	Skjermbilde The Vibrating Drum V	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2249030	Skjermbilde THe Vibrating Drum VI	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2249231	The Vibrating Drum IV uten infotekst	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2259576	Voice tests in studio (TVD IV)	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2263039	GC skinn	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2267276	Setup TVD V 1	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2267292	Gran Cassa with objects	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2267295	setup TVD 2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2267318	gjennomlytting nr 1	Ingar Zach og Ivar Grydeland	CC BY-NC
2267325	gjennomlytting nr 2	ingar zach og ivar grydeland	CC BY-NC
2267326	gjennomlytting nr 3	ingar zach og ivar grydeland	CC BY-NC
2267327	gjennomlytting nr 4	ingar zach og ivar grydeland	CC BY-NC
2267336	Vapore	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2267380	Jim & Ingar	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2267395	ivar grydeland	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2273568	DLA Hærverk	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2273588	re membrane oslo	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2273589	re membrane oslo 2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2273815	Skjermbilde 2022-10-03 kl. 10.22.28	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2273838	Tools	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2281491	Vapore-Reflection 1.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2281492	Vapore-Reflection 2.	Ingar Zach	All rights reserved
2281493	Vapore-Reflection 3.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2281494	Vapore-Reflection 4.	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2281513	Video installation v2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2301447	DLA reflection edit2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2301516	Reflection Dans les arbres - the green album V1	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2302449	Foto video installasjon NMH 1	Karina Krokaa	CC BY-NC
2302451	Foto video installasjon NMH 2	Karina Krokaa	CC BY-NC
2302454	Foto video installsjon NMH 3	Karina Krokaa	CC BY-NC
2306792	things I love to pay attention to	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2308659	SOFA stories 3 foto	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2308674	Sofa stories - Ingar ep3	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2311638	Cymbal foto	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2325142	strumento di etimo incerto CROP2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2325149	strumento di etimo incerto CROP3	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2325787	Zach-NMH_V2	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2326328	Zach-NMH_V2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327645	Rosendal_part1	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327671	Rosendal_part2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327680	Rosendal_part3	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327743	Rosendal_part4	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327937	Rosendal_part4b	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327940	Rosendal_part5	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327943	Rosendal_part6	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2327946	Rosendal_part7	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328287	Rosendal part 1 transcript	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328300	Secrets of the membrane NMH concert B&W	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328301	Secrets of the Membrane NMH concert	Ingar Zach	All rights reserved
2328322	Preview image re.membrane NMH	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328328	Rosendal part 2 transcript	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328366	Rosendal part 3 transcript	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328383	Rosendal part 4 transcript	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2328422	Rosendal part 5 transcript	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2329056	Rosendal_part 6&7	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2329568	Rosendal part 6 transcript	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2333258	NMH Final Concert Sept 2023 BW	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2343751	Parts of the horse are noteably present Part III Ultima festival	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2347197	Parts of the horse are noteably present Part III Ingo edit	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2355827	Increspature motif	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2358246	SOFA589-1400x1400px.jpg	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2358248	light as never cover	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2358250	fear-of-the-object-info-finns1.jpeg	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2358273	sympa cover	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361259	InterviewMay2022-1	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361643	Mercurio	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361645	Increspature su un lago	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361655	Musica liquida cover	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361734	02_LeFinestre_I_IV	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361743	03_Davoli	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361806	VibSpeak 1 24:2-21	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361809	VibSpeak 1 24:2-21 baklengs	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361811	Back & forth piece for Increspatuer	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361845	Djembe gruv	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2361848	Djembe triangel	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361855	Triangel visper	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361876	skarp syngeboller oppned	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361945	bass shaker demo b&w	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361948	timpani demo b&w	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361962	Workshop prior to TVD II	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2361980	Mythical Jockey excerpt	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2362004	Cicchitaredu excerpt	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2362007	The Vibrating Drum V excerpt	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
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2362271	Musique pour deux corps	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2364973	photo setup Lindeman 6 May22	ingar zach	All rights reserved
2365009	The Vibrating Drum V concert introduction	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2365553	b0d00f318b76662531192e973d0ee755_01	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365556	b0d00f318b76662531192e973d0ee755_02	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
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2365581	b0d00f318b76662531192e973d0ee755_09	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365591	1b - meny 1	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365594	4b - meny Background	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365595	6b menu AR	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365597	1b menu 1	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365598	4b menu Background	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365600	7b menu Dialogues	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365601	9b menu Episodes	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2365618	2 title frame	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366687	CIcchitaredu excerpt rehearsal	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2366699	Ekkofritt rom foto	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2366703	Ekkofritt rom foto	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2366830	Soundcheck Mausoleum June 21	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2366832	Soundcheck Mausoleum June 21	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2366838	1b meny	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366840	2 title frame	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366841	3b no menu	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366842	4b meny BG	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366843	5b no menu	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366844	6b menu AR	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366845	7b menu Dialogues	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366846	8b no menu	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2366847	9b menu Episodes	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2367722	Solo Ultima : Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard.	Ultima / Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard.	CC BY-NC
2367724	Video ins Ultima : Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard.	Ultima / Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard.	CC BY-NC
2368134	4-3 fuglesang video ins	Ultima / Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard	CC BY-NC
2368135	4-3 Video installation v2	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2375801	1b - menu 1	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375810	1b - menu 1	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375812	1b - menu 1	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375819	3b - no menu	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375831	4b - menu 4	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375833	5b - no menu	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375841	6b menu AR	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375856	7b menu Dialogues	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375857	8b - no menu	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375858	9b menu Episodes	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2375859	2 title frame	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2377535	Vapore edit Permeability	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2377595	Soundcheck solo Levin Final concert	ingar zach	CC BY-NC
2377657	2 title frame	Jonas Sjøvaag	All rights reserved
2377930	Dayton foto	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2377933	Nobsound foto	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2377935	Visaton foto	Ingar Zach	CC BY-NC
2654059	Mercurio	ingar zach	CC BY-NC

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