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ScaleDial: A Novel Tangible Device for Teaching Musical Scales & Triads
Kurzbeschreibung (Deutsch)
The teaching of harmonic foundations in music is a common learning objective in many education systems. However, music theory is often considered as a non-interactive subject matter that requires huge efforts to understand. With this work, we contribute a novel tangible device, called ScaleDial, that makes use of the relations between geometry and music theory to provide interactive, graspable and playful learning experiences. Therefore, we introduce an innovative tangible cylinder and demonstrate how harmonic relationships can be explored through a physical set of digital manipulatives, that can be arranged and stacked on top of an interactive chromatic circle. Based on the tangible interaction and further rich visual and auditory output capabilities, ScaleDial enables a better understanding of scales, pitch constellations, triads, as well as intervals. Further, we describe the technical realization of our advanced prototype and show how we fabricate the magnetic, capacitive and mechanical sensing.
Zeitraum
01/2018
Art der Finanzierung
TUD Haushalt
Projektleiter
- Herr Prof. Dr. -Ing. Raimund Dachselt
Projektmitarbeiter
- Herr Dipl.- Medieninf. Konstantin Klamka
Weitere Mitarbeiter (außerhalb des Lehrstuhls)
B. Sc. Jannik Wojnar
Kooperationspartnerschaft
keine
Website zum Projekt
Relevant für den Umweltschutz
Nein
Relevant für Multimedia
Ja
Relevant für den Technologietransfer
Ja
Schlagwörter
teaching music theory, novel tangible device, relation between geometry and music, understanding of scales
Berichtsjahr
2018