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BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next

Williams, Duncan A.H.; Miranda, Eduardo R.

Authors

Eduardo R. Miranda



Contributors

Chang S. Nam
Editor

Anton Nijholt
Editor

Fabien Lotte
Editor

Abstract

Brain–computer music interfacing (BCMI) is a growing field with a history of experimental applications derived from the cutting edge of BCI research as adapted to music making and performance. BCMI offers some unique possibilities over traditional music making, including applications for emotional music selection and emotionally driven music creation for individuals as communicative aids (either in cases where users might have physical or mental disabilities that otherwise preclude them from taking part in music making or in music therapy cases where emotional communication between a therapist and a patient by means of traditional music making might otherwise be impossible). This chapter presents an overview of BCMI and its uses in such contexts, including existing techniques as they are adapted to musical control, from P300 and SSVEP (steady-state visually evoked potential) in EEG (electroencephalogram) to asymmetry, hybrid systems, and joint fMRI (functional magnetic resonance imaging) studies correlating affective induction (by means of music) with neurophysiological cues. Some suggestions for further work are also volunteered, including the development of collaborative platforms for music performance by means of BCMI.

Citation

Williams, D. A., & Miranda, E. R. BCI for Music Making: Then, Now, and Next. In C. S. Nam, A. Nijholt, & F. Lotte (Eds.), . Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351231954

Online Publication Date Jan 16, 2018
Deposit Date Oct 16, 2023
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
ISBN 9781351231954
DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351231954