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An improved music generation system that facilitates artistic expression by non-musician and musician performers in both individual and group performance contexts. Mappings are provided between 1) gestures of a performer as indicated by manipulation of a user input device, 2) displayed motion of a g

An improved music generation system that facilitates artistic expression by non-musician and musician performers in both individual and group performance contexts. Mappings are provided between 1) gestures of a performer as indicated by manipulation of a user input device, 2) displayed motion of a graphic object, and 3) global features of a musical segment. The displayed motions and global features are selected so as to reinforce the appearance of causation between the performer's gestures and the produced musical effects and thereby assist the performer in refining his or her musical expression. The displayed motion is isomorphically coherent with the musical segment in order to achieve the appearance of causation. The global features are segment characteristics perceivable to human listeners. Control at the global feature level in combination with isomorphic visual feedback provides advantages to both non-musicians and musicians in producing artistic effect.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A computer-implemented method for interactively generating music comprising the steps of:a) receiving a first sequence of performance gestures from a first human performer via a first input device;b) receiving a second sequence of performance gestures from a second human

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A computer-implemented method for interactively generating music comprising the steps of:a) receiving a first sequence of performance gestures from a first human performer via a first input device;b) receiving a second sequence of performance gestures from a second human performer via a second input device;c) varying an appearance of graphic objects in a visual display space responsive to said first sequence and said second sequence;d) displaying a first perspective of said visual display space to said first human performer;e) displaying a second perspective of said visual display space to said second human performer, wherein said first perspective and said second perspective are non-identical; andf) generating music responsive to said first sequence and said second sequence, wherein at least one particular performance gesture of one of said first and second sequences causes generation of a musical segment with global features selected in accordance with said particular performance gesture.