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This paper presents the design and development of a novel framework for interactive body-driven music composition. This framework consists of three layers and we call the resulting system, BodyMusic. BodyMusic acts as a cyber instrument that enables both musicians and music laypersons to interactively and intuitively control and compose the tonality and the melody of the music through body motions without real musical instruments. This work is an innovative approach that enables users to dynamically generate music through their body motions and gestures without chronic learning and training. BodyMusic can be used in entertainment and can also be used for music education in primary schools. Music theories are embedded in the design so that melody flow and musical expressions including the pitch, rhythm and volume of the melody can be varied in real time.