Ghost Play is a violin-playing robot that aims to realize bowing and fingering similar to
human players. Existing violin-playing machines have faced various problems concerning …

Learning advanced skills on a musical instrument takes a range of physical and cognitive
efforts. For instance, practicing polyrhythm is a complex task that requires the development …

Wine glasses can be used to produce musical sounds using various excitation mechanisms.
In this work a method for producing wine glass sounds is proposed, consisting of coupling a …

Networked musical performance–using networks of computers for live performance of
electronic music–has evolved over a number of decades but has tended to rely upon …

When people play music together, they move their bodies, and that movement plays an
important role in the activity of group music making. In contrast, when robots play music with …

When people play music together, they move their bodies, and that movement plays an
important role in the activity of group music making. In contrast, when robots play music with …

When people play music together, they move their bodies, and that movement plays an
important role in the activity of group music making. In contrast, when robots play music with …

This paper describes the Robotic Taishogoto, a new robotic musical instrument for
performance, musical installations, and educational purposes. The primary goals of its …

The aim of this thesis is to provide accessibility and appreciation for sounds that are
conventionally perceived as non-musical or “noise”. Ordering the noise on a grid of metric …