Exploring Musical Creativity through Interactive Cymatics

What does music look like? Representation of sound has taken many forms over time, from sinusoidal wave patterns, through to random algorithm-based visualisations based on the amplitude of an audio signal. One aspect of music visualisation that has not been widely explored is that of Cymatics. Cymatics are physical impressions of music created in mediums such as water. This paper presents CymaSense, an interactive sound visualisation application based on Cymatics.

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John McGowan

Grégory Leplâtre

Iain McGregor

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 1-3

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[0001]Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh, Midlothian, EH10 5DT

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.67

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Conference name: Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017)

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 31

Conference location: Sunderland, UK

Conference date: 3 - 6 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: digital make-believe, with delegates considering our expansive

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H. Jenny 1968 CYMATICS. The Sciences 8 7 12 18 http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2326-1951.1968.tb00384.x
H. LimE. Draper 2011 The Effects of Music Therapy Incorporated with Applied Behavior Analysis Verbal Behavior Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Journal of Music Therapy 48 4 532 550 http://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/48.4.532
J. McGowanG. LeplatreI. McGregor 2017 CymaSense : A Real-Time 3D Cymatics- Based Sound Visualisation Tool Edinburgh http://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079159
K. PaxtonI. A. Estay 2007 Counselling people on the autism spectrum: A practical manual. Counselling People on the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Manual Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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[1] H. Jenny 1968 CYMATICS. The Sciences 8 7 12 18 http://doi.org/10.1002/j.2326-1951.1968.tb00384.x

[2] H. LimE. Draper 2011 The Effects of Music Therapy Incorporated with Applied Behavior Analysis Verbal Behavior Approach for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders Journal of Music Therapy 48 4 532 550 http://doi.org/10.1093/jmt/48.4.532

[3] J. McGowanG. LeplatreI. McGregor 2017 CymaSense : A Real-Time 3D Cymatics- Based Sound Visualisation Tool Edinburgh http://doi.org/10.1145/3064857.3079159

[4] K. PaxtonI. A. Estay 2007 Counselling people on the autism spectrum: A practical manual. Counselling People on the Autism Spectrum: A Practical Manual Jessica Kingsley Publishers

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