System and method for musical sonification of data

A machine-readable medium whose contents cause a computer system to perform a method for musical sonification of financial market data to monitor the financial market data, the method comprising:

• receiving at least one financial market data stream including data values representing a series of financial market events;
• determining that received data values represent financial market events to be sonified;
• in response to determining financial market events to be sonified, determining corresponding sonifications associated with the financial market events to be sonified, wherein at least some of the sonifications include a musical arrangement of notes that musically convey the financial market event, wherein the musical arrangement of notes includes a three note melodic fragment indicative of a data movement event, wherein a first note is a reference note and second and third notes are indicative of previous and current data values, respectively;
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• generating an audio signal output corresponding to a series of sonifications determined for at least some of the financial events in the financial market data stream to produce a musical rendering of the financial market data stream.

A system for musical sonification of financial market data to monitor the financial market data, the system comprising:

• means for receiving at least one financial market data stream including data values representing a series of financial market events;
• means for determining that received data values represent financial market events to be sonified and in response to determining financial market events to be sonified, for determining corresponding sonifications associated with the financial market events to be sonified, wherein at least some of the sonifications include a musical arrangement of notes that musically convey the financial market event, wherein the musical arrangement of notes includes a series of alternating notes indicative of a trade event, wherein the number of the series of alternating notes is indicative of a relative size of the trade event, and wherein a last note of the series of alternating notes being higher or lower than a previous note is indicative of a type of the trade event;
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• means for generating an audio signal output corresponding to a series of sonifications determined for at least some of the financial events in the financial market data stream to produce a musical rendering of the financial market data stream.