Stimulated Percussions

Stimulated Percussions

Abstract :

We propose Stimulated Percussions, a new method designed to beat out rhythm by controlling human bodies with percussions using electrical muscle stimulation (EMS). Numerous studies in the fields of both science and art have been carried out to expand the possibilities for untrained people to be able to play musical instruments. Especially, in some studies, EMS capable of controlling the human body is applied to play a particular musical instrument. However, these studies have focused on movements of the human body for playing one specific instrument that requires movement of the whole body. Therefore, in this study, we used EMS to evaluate the body movements associated with different muscles. Moreover, we set up individual rhythms to these body movements and discussed the instrument that could be played by using these rhythms. We believe this design method would be able to expand the possibility for support to play a musical instrument.

Ayaka Ebisu, Satoshi Hashizume, Kenta Suzuki, Akira Ishii, Mose Sakashita, Yoichi Ochiai

University of Tsukuba

本研究はEMS（電気筋肉刺激）を用いて打楽器を演奏する人間の体を制御する新しい手法である。芸術や科学分野で訓練を受けていない人々が楽器を演奏できるようになる可能性を拡張するための研究はなされてきた。特に、人間の体を制御できるEMSは特定の楽器を演奏することに応用されてきた。これらの研究は体全体の動きを必要としない特定の１つの楽器を演奏するための人体の動きに焦点を当てている。本研究は、EMSを用いた時の、体の各部分の動きを評価し、リズムを刻むように信号を与え、その動きがどの楽器に適用可能かを調査した。我々は本デザイン手法が楽器演奏を助ける可能性を押し広げると信じている。

蛭子綾花、橋爪智、鈴木健太、石井晃、坂下申世、落合陽一

筑波大学

Ayaka Ebisu, Satoshi Hashizume, Kenta Suzuki, Akira Ishii, Mose Sakashita, and Yoichi Ochiai. 2017. Stimulated percussions: method to control human for learning music by using electrical muscle stimulation. In Proceedings of the 8th Augmented Human International Conference (AH '17). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 33 , 5 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3041164.3041202

Ayaka Ebisu, Satoshi Hashizume, Kenta Suzuki, Akira Ishii, Mose Sakashita, and Yoichi Ochiai. 2016. Stimulated percussions: techniques for controlling human as percussive musical instrument by using electrical muscle stimulation. In SIGGRAPH ASIA 2016 Posters (SA ’16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, , Article 37 , 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3005274.3005324