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DESIGN FOR PERFORMABILITY IN NYLON STRUNG ACOUSTIC GUITARS A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES OF MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY BY ALKIN KORKMAZ IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN JUNE 2017 Approval of the thesis: DESIGN FOR PERFORMABILITY IN NYLON STRUNG ACOUSTIC GUITARS submitted by ALKIN KORKMAZ in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Design Department, Middle East Technical University by, Prof.Dr. Gülbin Dural Ünver Dean, Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences Prof.Dr. Gülay Hasdoğan Head of Department, Industrial Design Assoc.Prof.Dr. Owain Pedgley Supervisor, School of Engineering Examining Committee Members: Prof. Dr. Gülay Hasdoğan Department of Industrial Design, METU Assoc.Prof.Dr. Owain Pedgley, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool Assist.Prof.Dr. Fatma Korkut Department of Industrial Design, METU Assist.Prof.Dr. Tolga Yayalar Music and Perf. Arts Dept., Bilkent University Assist.Prof.Dr. Aydın Öztoprak Department of Industrial Design, TOBB ETÜ Date: 14.06.2017 PLAGIARISM I hereby declare that all information in this document has been obtained and presented in accordance with academic rules and ethical conduct. I also declare that, as required by these rules and conduct, I have fully cited and referenced all material and results that are not original to this work. Name, Last name: Alkın Korkmaz Signature : iv ABSTRACT DESIGN FOR PERFORMABILITY IN NYLON STRUNG ACOUSTIC GUITARS Korkmaz, Alkın Ph.D., Industrial Design Department Supervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Owain Pedgley June 2017, 397 pages Mastery on musical instruments is an acquired ability, often gained by the musician's lifelong commitment to practise for reaching high musical expression. Although, a concrete definition of virtuosity has not been introduced yet, it would be wise to suggest that, it is affected by the playability of a musical instrument. Playability, as a concept, can be described qualitatively or quantitatively. However, literature has random and shallow descriptions rather than coherent and unified definitions. This PhD study intends to shed light on virtuosity and how to reach it especially from early periods of training by elaborating on two concepts, playability and performability from different perspectives. Therefore, it seeks to understand how different stakeholders in music production, i.e. luthiers, performers and composers, interpret those terms. Eventually, it aims to explore the extent to which superiority in musical performance could be improved by industrial design –that is, whether the concept of “design for performabilty” can be articulated and realised; or superiority in musical expression can be boosted by training aids and design interventions. The study aims to understand the links between (a) theorising and formulating the concepts of “superiority in musical performance and expression”, “performability”, and “playability” (b) understanding and theorising product qualities of musical v instruments which offer improved playability (c) identifying the necessary qualities to become a virtuoso and designing training aids to simplify these steps (d) elevating performability through product design interventions. Keywords: classical guitar design, luthier musical instruments, performability, playability, virtuosity vi ÖZ NAYLON TELLİ AKUSTİK GİTARLARDA İCRA EDİLEBİLİRLİK İÇİN TASARIM Korkmaz, Alkın Doktora, Endüstri Ürünleri Tasarımı Bölümü Tez Yöneticisi: Doç.Dr. Owain Pedgley Mayıs 2017, 397 sayfa Müzik aletleri üzerindeki ustalık, bir yetenek değil, yüksek müzikal ifadeye ulaşmayı amaçlayan ve çoklukla hayat boyu süren pratiğin sonucu kazanılan bir yetkinliktir. Günümüzde virtüözlüğün tutarlı bir tanımı henüz yapılamamış olsa da, çalgı aleti çalınabilirliğinin bu kavramı etkileyebileceğini söylemek yerinde kabul edilebilir. Enstrümanlarda "çalınabilirlik" niteliksel veya niceliksel olarak tariflenebilir. Öte yandan, ne olduğuna ve nasıl elde edilebileceğine dair tanımlamalar sığ ve bütünlükten uzaktır. Bu doktora çalışması, virtüözlük kavramına ve öğrenme sürecinin başlangıcından itibaren ona nasıl ulaşılacağı konusuna ışık tutmayı amaçlar. Bunu yaparken iki kavramı farklı perspektiflerden ele alır: çalınabilirlik ve icra edilebilirlik. Bu sebeple, luthiye (çalgı aleti yapımcısı), icracı, eğitimci ve besteci gibi, müzik sektöründe çalışan farklı profesyonellerin bu kavramları nasıl yorumladıklarını anlamaya çalışır. Neticede, müzik performansındaki üstünlüğün endüstriyel tasarım eliyle nereye kadar yükseltilebileceğini, “icra edilebilirlik için tasarım” kavramının gerçekleştirilmesinin veya müzikal ifadenin, tasarlanan eğitim araçlarıyla yükseltilmesinin mümkün olup olmadığını anlamayı amaçlar. vii Çalışma (a) “müzikal performans ve ifade”, “icra edilebilirlik” ve “çalınabilirlik” konseptlerini kuramlamayı, (b) yüksek bir çalınabilirliğe sahip naylon telli gitarların ürün kalitelerini anlamayı ve teorileştirmeyi (c) virtüöz seviyesine ulaşmak için gerekli adımları incelemeyi, bu aşamaları kolaylaştırmayı hedefleyen çalışma araçları tasarlamayı (d) ürün tasarımı müdahaleleriyle icra edilebilirliği yükseltmeyi amaçlar. Anahtar kelimeler: klasik gitar tasarımı, luthiye müzik aletleri, icra edilebilirlik, çalınabilirlik, virtüözlük viii DEDICATION To My Parents ix ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I express my sincere appreciation to Assoc.Prof.Dr. Owain Pedgley for his guidance and insight throughout the thesis. Assist.Prof.Dr. Fatma Korkut and Assist.Prof.Dr. Tolga Yayalar, Prof.Dr. Gülay Hasdoğan and Assist.Prof.Dr. Aydın Öztoprak have done a very important help and contribution to this thesis; I appreciate their insightful supervision, careful and constructive criticism and suggestions. Also I owe sincere appreciation to Laura Díaz Montes, who has been a part of this amazing journey and travelled thousands of kilometres in search of performability. x
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