Raagrang: A Designer’s Perspective on Enhancing the Indian Classical Music Listening Experience Using Emotion Musicality-Based Hue Mapping
摘要
The music-colour dynamic has been studied for a long period of time across the music of various cultures. With the advent of audio signal processing and machine learning, the idea of enhancing the experience of listening and appreciating music using this dynamic has been gaining traction. This paper aims to explore the correlation and seeks to redesign the experience of enjoying Indian classical music by aesthetically intensifying the emotional arousal using ambient lighting. We will look into the classification of the Thaat system and how it emotes in terms of visual expression of colours and hues. From the UX Design perspective, we design an audio-visual stimuli test to formulate the experience, test it with users (audience/listeners, in this case), and record how the new experience is received and how do users relate musicality to colour. The paper will finally conclude by summarizing results, drawing insights, formulating a theoretical model for this correlation, and discussing the potential scope of the results gained.