Hey! I’m so happy to have you here on my research blog!
If you have any thoughts on anything at all, please send me an email: hello@danielsimu.com
Individual posts are below, or you can read my thesis:
“Tricky throws and pretty patterns: improving upon 40 years of juggling notation”
Enjoy! -Daniel
Limitations of Rhythmic Catches and IMBO
Tricky throws and pretty patterns: improving upon 40 years of juggling notation
Evaluating Rhythmic Catches and IMBO
In the end, are RC and IMBO any good? Do they achieve their goals?
Short answer: Yes!
Long answer: Read the article ;)
Notating tricky tricks
Notation Comparison Evaluations
Rhythmic Catches (RC)
Interaction points on the body
Standard tricks transcribed into 8 notation systems
Daniel’s 3 ball trick list
Inside & outside
Siteswap based vs rhythm based pattern notation
Siteswap and rhythm: Solutions (part 2)
Siteswap and rhythm: Problems (part 1)
Siteswap State Toy
Why do we notate juggling?
Analyzing Ball Juggling Tricks
To understand what features make up a juggling pattern, I analyze 13 modern ball juggling tricks from top jugglers.
Which features are can be described with existing notation, and which can not?
Improved Body Trick Notation (IMBO)
Music Notation
Dance Notation
Dance notation is the act of describing human movement on paper with symbols or abbreviations.
As juggling involves movement of the body, and in order to get more understanding of different ways of notating, I needed to know the basics of dance notation and its history.
dNote, a siteswap extension
Existing Juggling Notation Systems
What juggling notation systems are already out there, and how do they compare?
What do they describe, and what do they not describe?
This article mixes personal opinions with personal observations, but in the conclusions at the bottom we will hopefully find some objective truths about the differences between these notation systems.
Observations from the siteswaps DVD