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Digital Violin Tutor: An Integrated System for Beginning Violin Learners

Type: journal article

Authors: Jun Yin, Ye Wang, David Hsu

Abstract
Prompt feedback is essential for beginning violin learners; however, most amateur learners can only meet with teachers and receive feedback once or twice a week. To help such learners, we have attempted an initial design of Digital Violin Tutor (DVT), an integrated system that provides the much-needed feedback when human teachers are not available. DVT combines violin audio transcription with visualization. Our transcription method is fast, accurate, and robust again noise for violin audio recorded in home environments. The visualization is designed to be intuitive and easily understandable by people with little music knowledge. The different visualization modalities—video, 2D fingerboard animation, 3D avatar animation—help learners to practice and learn more effectively. The entire system has been implemented with off-the-shelf hardware and shown to be practical in home environments. In our user study, the system has received very positive evaluation.

Associated tags
metadata ▸ material ▸ Digital Violin Tutor
metadata ▸ contribution ▸ Evaluation
metadata ▸ year ▸ 2005
technological dimension ▸ applications ▸ Desktop
technological dimension ▸ input technologies ▸ Camera
technological dimension ▸ input technologies ▸ Microphone
technological dimension ▸ system outputs ▸ Visual
technological dimension ▸ system outputs ▸ Video
musical dimension ▸ activities ▸ Performing
pedagogical dimension ▸ learning theories ▸ Cognitivism
pedagogical dimension ▸ users ▸ Pre-school, primary
pedagogical dimension ▸ venues ▸ Classroom