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Case Report: Accessible Digital Musical Instrument Can Be Used for Active Music Therapy in a Person With Severe Dementia and Worsening Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A Case Study Over a Year and a Half [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Neurology, 2022
Despite the fact that accessible digital musical instruments can take into account the level of cognitive demands, previous studies have been conducted with patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and it is not known whether they can be used by ...
Eisuke Kondo   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The EyeHarp: A Gaze-Controlled Digital Musical Instrument. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Psychol, 2016
We present and evaluate the EyeHarp, a new gaze-controlled Digital Musical Instrument, which aims to enable people with severe motor disabilities to learn, perform, and compose music using only their gaze as control mechanism. It consists of (1) a step-sequencer layer, which serves for constructing chords/arpeggios, and (2) a melody layer, for playing ...
Vamvakousis Z, Ramirez R.
europepmc   +5 more sources

Mapping, in digital musical instruments

open access: yes, 2007
International audienceA digital musical instrument (DMI) can be defined as an instrument that contains a control surface (also referred to as a performance controller, or hardware interface, an input or gesture device, the latest being more used outside ...
Castagné, Nicolas, van Nort, Doug
core   +3 more sources

From the Body with the Body: Performing with a Genome-Based Musical Instrument [PDF]

open access: yesEAI Endorsed Transactions on Creative Technologies, 2020
INTRODUCTION: In this paper we present Silico, a new Digital Musical Instrument which ideally represents theperformer itself. This instrument is composed by two parts: an interface (a sensor glove), which relies on the movementsof the performer’s hand ...
Francesco Rì   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimization Method on the Tuning, Sound Quality, and Ergonomics of the Ancient Guitar Using a DSP-FEM Simulation

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2022
The key parameters musicians consider when they evaluate the quality of a musical instrument are its tuning (reproducing a musical scale), sound quality, and ergonomics.
Spyros Polychronopoulos   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design and Assessment of Digital Musical Devices Yielding Vibrotactile Feedback

open access: yesArts, 2023
Touch has a pivotal importance in determining the expressivity of musical performance for a number of musical instruments. However, most digital musical devices provide no interactive force and/or vibratory feedback to the performer, thus depriving the ...
Stefano Papetti   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

TumTá and Pisada: Digital Dance and Music Instruments Inspired by Popular Brazilian Traditions

open access: yesPer Musi, 2021
This paper presents the development process of TumTá, a wearable Digital Dance and Music Instrument that triggers sound samples from foot stomps and Pisada, a dance-enabled MIDI pedalboard.
João Tragtenberg   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Designing felt experiences with movement-based, wearable musical instruments: From inclusive practices toward participatory design

open access: yesWearable Technologies, 2022
Inclusive musical instruments benefit from incorporating wearable interfaces into digital musical instrument design, creating opportunities for bodily felt experiences and movement-based interactions.
Doga Cavdir, Ge Wang
doaj   +1 more source

Homo Electromagneticus II: Paradigms and Paradoxes

open access: yesPerformance Philosophy, 2023
Homo Electromagneticus is a musical performance realized in 2022 through a set of original instruments created with open-source and low-cost technologies.
Alexandre Bento
doaj   +1 more source

HapticSOUND: An Interactive Learning Experience with a Digital Musical Instrument

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
In this paper, an interactive learning experience is proposed, aiming to involve museum visitors in a personalized experience of the transmittal of cultural knowledge in an active and creative way.
Christina Volioti   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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