Activation of pupils’ creativity by means of modern music-computer technologies at music lessons

1 Music Understanding by Computer

Although computer systems have found widespread application in music production, there remains a gap between the characteristicly precise and mechanical information processing of the computer and the more subtle and expressive processing performed by humans. In order for computer systems to become more useful to musicians, the human-computer interface must be raised from the mechanical and synt...

Music, Creativity and Scientific Thinking

Imagine that you are attending an orchestral concert. You listen with great appreciation to compositions by William Herschel (1738–1822), Hector Berlioz (1803–1869), Aleksandr Borodin (1833–1887), Sir Edward Elgar (1857– 1934) and Ernest Ansermet (1883–1969); and new pieces by Iannis Xenakis (b. 1922) and Richard Bing (b. 1909). At the end of the concert, the conductor, Tom Eisner (b. 1930), mo...

Influences of Modern Sacred Music

Pain, music creativity and music therapy in palliative care.

An analysis of the music therapy literature yields numerous reports to support the role of music in the alleviation of pain in palliative care. Four theoretical perspectives that support why many patients report reduced pain sensation after music therapy include: the psychological relationship between music and pain; the psychophysiological theory; spinal mechanisms involved in pain modulation;...

Brain-computer music interface for generative music

This paper introduces a brain-computer interface (BCI) system that uses electroencephalogram (EEG) information to steer generative rules in order to compose and perform music. It starts by noting the various attempts at the design of BCI systems, including systems for music. Then it presents a short technical introduction to EEG sensing and analysis. Next, it introduces the generative music com...