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UCN (Unique Catalogue Number):
The UCN is a code consisting of upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols. Apart from providing a unique identifier for each technique, the UCN describes up to seven key traits of the technique. It is organized in two parts. The first half describes general categories of the technique. The second half describes the technique in greater detail.
Techniques:
- Strumming (S)
- Picking (P)
- Technique (T) – neither Strum nor Picking (I.e. Tapping or Harmonics)
Fingers:
- Thumb (T)
- Index (I)
- Middle (M)
- Ring (R)
- Pinky (P)
Dactyl Sectors:
Styles & Lineages:
- Formby Lineage (f)
- Smeck Lineage (s)
- Ernest Kaai (k)
- Hawaiian (h)
- Anglo-American (a)
- Unspecified (u)
- adapted guitar / Classical Ukulele (g/ag)
- adapted banjo techniques (ab)
Contributing Artist:
- Aldrine Guerrero (AG)
- Andreas Bördlein (AB)
- Brittni Paiva (BP)
- Danilo Vignola (DV)
- Elisabeth Pfeiffer (EP)
- George Elmes (GE)
- James Hill (JH)
- Kimo Hussey (KH)
- Matthew Quilliam (MQ)
- Mika Kane (MK)
- Peter Moss (PM)
- Remco Houtman-Janssen (RHJ)
- Rio Saito (RS)
- Samantha Muir (SM)
Example: S2hEP1-sUTI.sDI.sUI.sDI.sUI.sDI
„Strumming using two fingers, Hawaiian Style, performed by Elisabeth Pfeiffer, irregular strumming motion – Thumb/Index Up Strum, Index Down Strum, Index Up Strum, Index Down Strum, Index Up Strum, Index Down Strum.“
Radar Charts & 3D Models:
The Radar Charts show 5 descriptors of what I consider to be style determining features around hand position and predominant focus on certain playing techniques. The attributes strumming, picking, stabilisation, flat open hand and closed fist are distributed around the outer circle of the chart. Depending on the how distinctly the attribute is shaping the technique it marks higher or lower on the axis from the naught-circle to the outer chart circle.
Visually analysing the collected video material, each attribute gets a score between 0 and 10 and one decimal, depending on the strength of its occurrence. High strumming scores are dependent on the distinctness of the previously defined strumming motion and (to a lesser degree) on the numbers of strings strummed. Picking score is distributed similarly. However, the distinction between picking and a single string strum is more fluent and cases of picking techniques with a low strumming score (2.0) and a high (8.0) picking score (i.e. P2uPM1-pTI) are occurring frequently.
Hand stabilisation scores rank below 5 if the strings are used for stabilisation, as i.e. in P2agMQ-pI.pT, where single fingers (R and M) are placed on things for some time, in order to stabilise the hand. If fingers or parts of the hand are placed on the instrument itself, scores above 5 apply according to the amount of placement and the weight of it. Perceived tension in the hand or fingers stabilising each other additionally increase the stabilisation score. Hand positions rank between a completely flat open hand (I.e. S2hKH1-sDTsUI or a completely closed fist (i.e. S1fMQ-sDI34.sUI34.sDI). A tightly closed fist is also ranking on the stabilisation score, albeit in the lower numbers, due to the stabilisation within the fist itself.
These radar charts not only allow for a quick visual access and overview of key attributes in each technique, they also provide a quick way of comparing single techniques, as well as styles with each other.
3D Models of the Plucking Hand illustrate where and in which manner fingers interact with the instrument.
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