Building music with Lego bricks and Raspberry Pi
Abstract
In this paper, a system to build music in an intuitive and accessible way, with Lego bricks, is presented. The system makes use of the new powerful and cheap possibilities that technology offers for making old things in a new way. The Raspberry Pi is used to control the system and run the necessary algorithms, customized Lego bricks are used for building melodies, custom electronic designs, software pieces and 3D printed parts complete the items employed. The system designed is modular, it allows creating melodies with chords and percussion or just melodies or perform as a beatbox or a melody box. The main interaction with the system is made using Lego-type building blocks. Tests have demonstrated its versatility and ease of use, as well as its usefulness in music learning for both children and adults.
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@article{arxiv.2411.13224,
title = {Building music with Lego bricks and Raspberry Pi},
author = {Ana M. Barbancho and Lorenzo J. Tardon and Isabel Barbancho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.13224},
year = {2024}
}
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21 pages