A PIANO LEARNING SUPPORT SYSTEM CONSIDERING RHYTHM
Yoshinari Takegawa, Tsutomu Terada, Masahiko Tsukamoto · University of Michigan Library Repository · 2012
Playing the piano requires various techniques such as correct keying, fingering and rhythm. Our research group developed a piano learning system to support correct keying and fingering for beginners. However, the system did not support the learning of rhythm. Rhythm consists of various kinds of note and rest, and it is difficult for beginners, who are not used to reading a score, to understand the different duration of each note and rest. Alternatively, there are piano roll scores, which describe timing of keying and releasing clearly, but which do not teach players how to read a musical staff. Therefore, the goal of our study is to construct a piano learning support system that considers rhythm. We discuss methods of effectively indicating information for piano performance, such as rhythm information, while teaching how to read a musical staff. We have developed a prototype system, and evaluated its effectiveness through actual use of the system. We found that it had significant advantages over a piano roll method.