Works

The installation has already been present in Braga (in the evenings "Noite Branca", between September 2 and 4 and "BRG Collective", held at Theatro-Circo on September 29 and 30 (both in 2016), in addition to GNRation, between 12 and 14 July 2018), but also in Porto (Casa da Música between 21 February and 5 March 2018).

MyJazzBand is an interactive musical installation that allows up to four users to play in a virtual jazz band, using a custom-developed graphical interface on a multi-touch display. The users can play piano, trumpet, alto or tenor saxophone, using four virtual keyboards that dynamically adapt to the ongoing tune’s chord changes, accompanied by a virtual bassist and drummer. The installation uses specially developed algorithms for the automatic real-time generation of jazz bass and drums, as well as the dynamic mapping and chord-voicing calculation of the right notes to play, so that the users can fit in, even without any previous musical knowledge.

Rui Dias