Computer music and musical information processing.

Musical Acoustics: Music Information and Communication

examination and a comparison of conventional ECM with the experimental model, a silicon diaphragm condenser microphone produced using the MEMS method. The silicon diaphragm satisfies high-temperature resistance and stable temperature characteristics because of its very small coefficient of linear expansion and it is measured total harmonic distortion THD on high pressure sound. Finally, it will...

Music Information Retrieval , Musicology , and Musical Genre

Influence of musical expertise and musical training on pitch processing in music and language.

PURPOSE We review a series of experiments aimed at studying pitch processing in music and speech. These studies were conducted with musician and non musician adults and children. We found that musical expertise improved pitch processing not only in music but also in speech. Demonstrating transfer of training between music and language has interesting applications for second language learning. W...

Brain-computer music interfacing for continuous control of musical tempo

A Brain-computer music interface (BCMI) is developed to allow for continuous modification of the tempo of dynamically generated music. Six out of seven participants are able to control the BCMI at significant accuracies and their performance is observed to increase over time.

Brain indices of music processing: "nonmusicians" are musical.

Only little systematic research has examined event-related brain potentials (ERPs) elicited by the cognitive processing of music. The present study investigated how music processing is influenced by a preceding musical context, affected by the task relevance of unexpected chords, and influenced by the degree and the probability of violation. Four experiments were conducted in which "nonmusician...