Interfacing the Brain Directly with Musical Systems

On Developing Systems for Making Music with Brain Signals

Bibliographic Data

ID3420096
AuthorsEduardo Reck Miranda (0000-0002-8306-9585, University of Plymouth), Andrew Brouse (University of Plymouth)
Year2005
Volume38
Issue4
Pages331-336
Publication date2005-08-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLeonardo (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0024-094X • E-ISSN: 1530-9282
PublisherMIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1162/0024094054762133
OpenAlexW2109450332
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited3

The authors discuss their work on developing technology to interface the brain directly with music systems, a field of research generally known as Brain-Computer Interfacing (BCI). The paper gives a brief background of BCI in general and surveys various attempts at musical BCI, or Brain-Computer Music Interface (BCMI) - systems designed to make music from brain signals, or brainwaves. The authors present a technical introduction to the electroencephalogram (EEG), which measures brainwaves detected by electrodes placed directly on the scalp. They introduce approaches to the design of BCI and BCMI systems and present two case study systems of their own design: the BCMI-Piano and the Inter-Harmonium

Art · Brain–computer interface · Cognitive science · Computer hardware · Computer music · Electroencephalography · Human–computer interaction · Interface (matter) · Interfacing · Musical · Piano · Visual arts · Computer Science · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Neural dynamics and brain function · Neuroscience · Neuroscience and Neural Engineering · Psychology

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