Brain Composer - 'Thinking' Melodies onto a Musical Score
From: Wireless Design Magazine - 09/11/2017

TU Graz researchers develop new brain-computer interface application that
allows music to be composed by the power of thought. They have published
their results in the current issue of the journal PLOS ONE.

A group led by BCI expert Gernot Müller-Putz from TU Graz's Institute of
Neural Engineering shows that experiences of quite a different tone can be
sounded from the keys of brain-computer interfaces. Derived from an
established BCI method for writing, the team has developed a new application
by which music can be composed and transferred onto a musical score through
the power of thought. It employs a special cap that measures brain waves, the
adapted BCI, music composition software, and a bit of musical knowledge.

In the BCI the researchers used, options such as musical notes, pauses and
chords flash consecutively on a table. A trained subject focuses on the
desired option while it lights up, causing a minute change in their brain
waves. The BCI recognises this change and draws conclusions about the chosen
option.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2017/09/brain-composer-thinking-melodies-musical-score

Links:
Gernot Muller-Putz
https://www.tugraz.at/institute/ine/people/gernot-mueller-putz

Brain Composer: 'Thinking' melodies onto a musical score
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170911122654.htm

Sheet music by mind: Towards a brain-computer interface for composing
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26736446

Sheet Music by Mind video
https://www.tugraz.at/institute/ine/research/videos

Composing only by thought: Novel application of the P300 brain-computer
  interface
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0181584

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Brain-Computer Interface Advance Allows Fast, Accurate Typing by People with
  Paralysis
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/02/brain-computer-interface-advance-allows-fast-accurate-typing-people-paralysis

Monkeys with Brain Implants Drive Wheelchairs Using Their Minds
https://www.mdtmag.com/blog/2016/03/monkeys-brain-implants-drive-wheelchairs-using-their-minds

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Brain Composer: "Thinking" Melodies onto a Musical Score

Researchers at the Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria have
developed P300, a brain-computer interface (BCI) application that enables
music to be composed by thought. The team used an established BCI method for
writing, by which music can be composed and transferred onto a music score.
The system requires a cap that measures brain waves, the adapted BCI,
software for composing music, and some musical knowledge. The system has
various options, such as letters or notes, pauses, and chords, which flash
one by one in a table. The user focuses on the desired option while it
illuminates, causing a small change in brain waves. The BCI recognizes this
change and draws conclusions about the chosen option. The researchers tested
the P300 with volunteers possessing basic musical and compositional
knowledge. "After a short training session, all of them could start composing
and seeing their melodies on the score and then play them," says TU Graz's
Gernot Muller-Putz.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.tugraz.at/en/tu-graz/services/news-stories/media-service/singleview/article/brain-composer-mit-gedanken-musik-komponieren