Can Ubimus Technologies affect our Musicality?

Abstract

Recent works recognize musicality is based on and constrained by our cognitive and biological system. Taking in account a concept from cognitive science - cognitive offloading - as a principle for technology-supported musical activities, in this paper we discuss some principles (guidelines) to be taken into account when designing, developing and evaluating computer music technologies, especially those related to ubimus. We think that Ubimus technology can shape the way we think about music and have a positive (or negative) influence on our musicality.

Keywords

• cognitive offloading
• musicality
• ubimus technology