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- | I self contained instrument is one that plays on its own, is not directly interacted with, and is not controlled directly by a player or the audience. These instruments are often [[Sound sculptures]] and very rarely play along with other instruments. | + | A self contained instrument is one that plays on its own, is not directly interacted with, and is not controlled directly by a player or the audience. These instruments are often [[Sound sculptures]] and very rarely play along with other instruments. |
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+ | This is kind of a difficult concept to explain. The best example I can give is a [[Zimoun]] sculpture, where the sculpture is playing when you enter the room to view it and continuously plays in a cacophonous way and continues to play after you leave the room. No one interacts directly with it, the process of the sculpture being turned on and off is never seen by anyone (exept the museum/ | ||
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+ | A music box can be considered self contained, but the act of winding it and allowing it to play for a short duration before stopping is not ideal to this concept. If there was a music box that plays continuously and in a loop without any direct interaction, | ||
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+ | The John Cage piece Organ2/ | ||