Case Report: Accessible Digital Musical Instrument Can Be Used for Active Music Therapy in a Person With Severe Dementia and Worsening Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms: A Case Study Over a Year and a Half

Kondo, Eisuke; Tabei, Ken-ichi; Okuno, Ryuhei; Akazawa, Kenzo

doi:10.3389/fneur.2022.831523

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“…In addition, continuous activities are important. A person with severe dementia got pleasure out of playing Cymis with a music therapist [18]. This is because it is also an enjoyable activity.…”

Section: Expected Effects Of the Use Of Cymis In Prevent-mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Development of a Novel Breath-touch Electronic Instrument that Enables Beginners to Engage in Ensemble Playing

Takahashi

Maeda

Tanaka

et al. 2023

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In this study, we developed a new electronic musical instrument, Cymis, with which notes are played by touching a touch screen and the volume of the note is controlled by expiratory pressure. It can be played with about the same amount of exhalation as a keyboard harmonica. Performance experiments were conducted with healthy adults (11 persons) in their 20s. First, all were able to play solo using Cymis. Next, simulated ensemble performances were conducted. Using a system that can predict the ideal timing for sounding notes from visual information, six novice performers performed a piece (Amazing Grace) after having had from one hour to several weeks of practice. For each note in the ensemble performance, the difference between the actual and ideal times at which the note was produced, td, was measured. In the experiments, |td| was found to be less than 200 ms for more than 85% of the total number of notes played. In an ensemble performance in which ve experienced performers listened to the sound of the performance, this result was more than 80%. This study shows that a novice performer using Cymis can play in an ensemble with about the same degree of temporal accuracy as an experienced performer.

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Section: Expected Effects Of the Use Of Cymis In Prevent-mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As far as we know from our survey of the literature, Cymis is the only reported instrument with which classical pieces and popular melodies can be played easily. It has been applied to clinical research at institutions and medical facilities for more than 10 years, and the results have been reported [16][17][18].…”

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confidence: 99%