Jamming (on) the Web

The Web has become a dominant medium for the dissemination of information and, more recently, for collaborative work as well. The focus has been mainly on textual and graphical information, hardly addressing topics related to musical information. We present a framework that makes musical works acces...

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Published in:Computer networks (Amsterdam, Netherlands : 1999) Netherlands : 1999), 1997-09, Vol.29 (8), p.897-903
Main Authors: Eliëns, Anton, van Welie, Martijn, van Ossenbruggen, Jacco, Schönhage, Bastiaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Broadcasting
Computer applications
Exact sciences and technology
Interconnected networks
MIDI
Multimedia
Multimedia computer applications
Music
Music description formats
Networks and services in france and abroad
Real time
Real time information
Real-time interaction
Software
Studies
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Teleprocessing networks. Isdn
World Wide Web
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Summary:The Web has become a dominant medium for the dissemination of information and, more recently, for collaborative work as well. The focus has been mainly on textual and graphical information, hardly addressing topics related to musical information. We present a framework that makes musical works accessible for Web users by offering high level support for the display of musical material on the Web as well as for live jam sessions. Our framework consists of a browser plug-in that supports the display and editing of scores as well as playing scores by connecting to a shared MIDI server. To participate in a jam session, clients of the MIDI server can also send data in real time, for instance by using a keyboard embedded in a Web page. We discuss the issues involved in displaying musical material on the Web and we sketch the technical architecture of our framework.
ISSN:0169-7552
1389-1286
1872-7069
DOI:10.1016/S0169-7552(97)00047-0