Accessible Digital Musical Instruments—A Review of Musical Interfaces in Inclusive Music Practice
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1. Digital Musical Instruments (DMIs)
2.2. Inclusive Music Practice
2.3. Related Work
3. Method
3.1. Data Collection
- The study should present at least one ADMI.
- The paper should focus primarily on ADMIs, mentioning the potential user group(s) in either the title or the abstract.
- The paper should describe a practical implementation of an ADMI that enabled real-time manipulation of input or control data; theoretical papers and reviews were not included.
3.2. Analysis
4. Results
4.1. Publications
4.2. Control Interface Type
4.3. Sensor and Actuator Use
4.4. Output Modalities
4.5. Target User Group
4.6. Music and Sound Synthesis Control
4.7. Design Process and System Evaluation
5. Discussion
Limitations
6. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ADMI | Accessible Digital Musical Instrument |
AMT | Assistive Music Technology |
BCMI | Brain–Computer Music Interface |
DMI | Digital Musical Instrument |
EEG | ElectroEncephaloGraphy |
EMG | ElectroMyoGraphy |
MSSE | MultiSenSory Environment |
NIME | New Interface for Musical Expression |
SEN | Special EducatioN |
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Concept 1 | Concept 2 | Concept 3 | |
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Key Concepts | musical instrument | accessibility | disability |
Free text terms | digital musical instrument | adaptive | health |
new interface for musical expression | adapted | need | |
musical interface | assistive | impairment | |
control interface | inclusion | therapy | |
empowerment | disorder | ||
Search phrases | “music* instrument*” | “accessib*” | “disab*” |
“digital music* instrument*” | “adaptive” | “health” | |
“new interface* for musical expression” | “adapted” | “need*” | |
“music* interface*” | “assistive | ”impair*” | |
“control interface*” | “inclus*” | “therap*” | |
“empower*” | “disorder*” |
Category | Publications | Percentage |
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Conference Proceedings | 60 | 53.1% |
Journal Articles | 37 | 32.7% |
Book Chapters | 13 | 11.5% |
PhD Theses | 3 | 2.7% |
Interface Category | Tot | ADMI Example |
---|---|---|
Tangible | 30 | WamBam, an electronic hand-drum for music therapy sessions with persons with severe intellectual disabilities [65]. |
Touchless | 20 | MEDIATE, a multisensory environment designed for an interface between autistic and typical expression, using infrared cameras fed to the EyesWeb system to produce interactive output [66]. |
BCMIs | 9 | Biomuse, a “biocontroller” that can be used to augment normal musical instrument performance or as a computer interface for musical composition and performance. Could be used by paralyzed and movement impaired individuals as a means to regain pleasures of music-making [67]. |
Adapted Instruments | 8 | A modification of the electric bass guitar, designed for users with upper-limb disabilities. Enables MIDI-controlled actuated fretting via a foot pedal control [68]. |
Wearable/prosthetic | 5 | HipDisk, a disk-shaped body-worn device designed to inspire people to swing their hips and explore their full range of movement through a simultaneous, interdependent exploration of sound [69]. |
Mouth-operated | 3 | Doosafon, a mouth and head-operated devices similar to a xylophone, using a lightweight baton held in the mouth, linked to a breath sensor [70]. |
Audio | 2 | A standard digital sound processor and microphone intended for vocal interaction, used together with a vibroacoustic chair producing vibrations based on the interaction [71]. |
Gaze | 2 | The EyeHarp, a gaze-controlled DMI which aims to enable people with severe motor disabilities to learn, perform, and compose music using their gaze as control mechanism [42]. |
Touchscreen | 2 | A collaborative music system based on a touchscreen controller, designed for persons with dementia. [72] |
Mouse-controlled | 2 | The MidiGrid system, allowing a screen cursor (computer mouse) to be passed over cells so that the musical content of the selected cells is played out on a synthesizer attached to the computer via MIDI [39]. |
Type | Occurrence |
---|---|
Touch | 14 |
Accelerometer | 13 |
Camera | 13 |
Microphone | 10 |
Button | 9 |
Pressure | 8 |
Switch | 7 |
Ultrasonic | 8 |
Piezo | 7 |
Electrodes (for EEG) | 6 |
Bend | 5 |
Breath | 4 |
Computer mouse/trackball | 3 |
RFID reader | 4 |
Infrared | 3 |
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