| music computing |
Description |
Music Computing at The Open University is focused on empowering musicians and illuminating
musical activities, and the modelling of music perception and cognition. Our work
is informed by musicology, psychology, ethnography, embodied cognition, pervasive
interaction, mathematics and advanced computing techniques. In particular, we devise
and investigate new ways to:- empower beginners to engage deeply with musical activities-
provide new tools and capabilities for expert musicians and theorists- cast new light
on how music works Projects we are currently working on include:- using sensors and
touch feedback to help musicians improve their posture- understanding how people hear
rhythms- understanding how people hear harmony- design and evaluation of multi-touch
and tangible interfaces for collaborative music making- using sensors and touch feedback
to help people learn rhythms- algorithms to discover musical patterns- using movement
of your whole body to understand musical harmony- tools for understanding and controlling
harmony visually- use of multi-touch surfaces for non-Western tunings- designing and
testing musical instruments controlled directly by the brain. |