The dawn of the information and electronics age has had a significant impact on music. Digital music creation has become a popular alternative to playing classical instruments, and in its various forms has taken a place as full-fledged class of instrument in its own right. Research into technological or digital instruments for musical expression is a fascinating field which, among other things,...

The major mode conveys positive emotion, whereas the minor mode conveys negative emotion. However, previous studies have primarily focused on the emotions induced by Western music in Western participants. The influence of the musical mode (major or minor) on Chinese individuals' perception of Western music is unclear. In the present experiments, we investigated the effects of musical mode and h...

We present Funky Sole Music, a musical interface employing a sole embedded with three force sensitive resistors in combination with a novel algorithm for continuous movement classification. A heuristics-based music engine has been implemented, allowing users to control high-level parameters of the musical output. This provides a greater degree of control to users without musical expertise compa...