Abstract
Figurenotes is an intuitive music notation system developed mainly for people with intellectual disabilities. In figurenotes system, notes are represented by a mark with a color and a shape.
However, there is a problem that when playing the piano using figurenotes system, it is difficult for people with intellectual disabilities to match a note and a mark on keyboard because of the large number of notes on a music score.
The purpose of this study is a development of the musical instrument playing application using figurenotes system with five steps starting from a simple matching of color and shape on the musical note for playing “alphabet song” and the evaluation of learning effect using the application.
The verification was conducted to three students with intellectual disabilities who have learned figurenotes system and cannot match a note and a mark on keyboard. We asked them to use the developed application freely for about a week. After that, we examined the step they could reach finally from its usage history.
As a result, two subjects could complete matching and rhythm steps, and reach final step. From this, when learning musical instrument performance, it is assumed that a matching a note and a key is important.
In conclusion, in this study, the musical instrument playing application using figurenotes system with five steps starting from a simple matching learning was developed and the evaluation of it was conducted. It is assumed that matching a note and a key on musical instrument performance is important.
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Sotome, R. et al. (2020). Effectiveness of Color and Shape Matching Learning in Figurenotes System Using Musical Instrument Software. In: Stephanidis, C., Antona, M. (eds) HCI International 2020 - Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1226. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50732-9_15
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