Sheet music by mind: Towards a brain-computer interface for composing

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015 Aug:2015:1053-6. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318546.

Abstract

Providing brain-computer interface (BCI) users engaging applications should be one of the main targets in BCI research. A painting application, a web browser and other applications can already be controlled via BCI. Another engaging application would be a music composer for self-expression. In this work, we describe Brain Composing: A BCI controlled music composing software. We tested and evaluated the implemented brain composing system with five volunteers. Using a tap water-based electrode biosignal amplifier further improved the usability of the system. Three participants reached accuracies above 77% and were able to copy-compose a given melody. Results of questionnaires support that our brain composing system is an attractive and easy way to compose music via a BCI.

MeSH terms

  • Brain
  • Brain-Computer Interfaces
  • Electroencephalography
  • Music*
  • Software
  • Surveys and Questionnaires