MyTone
September 19th, 2012 By Joseph
MyTone empowers the user to design their phone technology through the creation of unique ringtones for different incoming calls. The idea is for the user to crete their own unique pattern which is adapted to different colours for different callers. This tone can then be associated with its colours when individuals ring the phone owner.
Cue Abstraction, pioneered by Irene Deliรจge states that we use Gestalt type grouping to identify salient pitch and rhythmic components which stand out in music. Our mind categories these cues and this leads to our perception of how they relate. The given pattern by the user will therefore let then Identify the patterns they create even though the notes being played are fluid.
The colour component allows users to base their perceptions around a more familiar framework. They do not need ton concern themselves with emotional connotation, but simply choose an abstract colour representation of the pitch patterns they like. Although these different pitch patterns follow the same thread of pitch relationships, each colour should have different emotional connotations depending on the tonality of the chords they come from.