ZYO-HA-KYU

ZYO - introduction HA - development or exposition KYU - rushing to the end ∞ The system. A system for cooperative musical mediation for three students and one teacher. A system for spontaneous musical composition and performance for three musicians and one composer. This system is made up of three main components. The first is an interface for composing music. This composition is fed in realtime to the second component which is a visualizer of this composition. This dynamic musical score will be played on the third component, which is a set of real musical instruments/sound makers. The performance by the musicians affects the composer. The goal is to meditate and clear your mind. The system is realized in Processing/Java, and Actionscript 3. The musical instruments are interfaced with an Arduino board. The two applications communicate with OSC (Open Sound Control) with a FLOSC (http://benchun.net/flosc/). ////////////////////// ∞ The Five Natural Elements: Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water. Everything in the Universe is said to be created from the five elements, and all change is caused by changes in the power of these elements. The seasons, directions, nations, colors, and other phenomena are associated with the natural elements. In Music, the system of pitch and scale is explained in terms of them. In the oldest book on music in Japan, Kyokunsyo, in the section Kargemonogatari (a story of wind and string instruments), Autumn is related to Kyo Zyo, sound of metal, and color white. Itikotu Tyo is the center , the sound of the earth, yellow, and light purple.