TY - GEN
T1 - A Novel System for the Elderly to Learn Playing Electronig Musical Instrument in Ensemble
AU - Takehara, Naomi
AU - Ichinose, Tomoko
AU - Matsumoto, Kakuko
AU - Okuno, Ryuhei
AU - Watabe, Shinichi
AU - Sato, Katsumi
AU - Masuko, Tsutomu
AU - Akazawa, Kenzo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/12/19
Y1 - 2017/12/19
N2 - This study presents a novel system that lets the elderly with no previous formal knowledge of music perform in ensembles using a newly developed electronic musical instrument called Cymis. The new system consists of a music conductor, players, an interface, and touch screen PCs. A guide bar on each screen indicates the ideal tempo, and players can achieve a synchronous performance in the ensemble by following the guide bar. The difference in time between the ideal playing of each note and a player's performance is measured on each PC. We gave five elderly individuals opportunities to play Cymis and found that they learned to play ensemble easily. All of the subjects enjoyed playing in musical ensembles and displayed a keen interest in continuing to use Cymis after the study. The Cymis ensemble system will allow the elderly to enjoy musical ensemble and contribute to future studies on dementia prevention.
AB - This study presents a novel system that lets the elderly with no previous formal knowledge of music perform in ensembles using a newly developed electronic musical instrument called Cymis. The new system consists of a music conductor, players, an interface, and touch screen PCs. A guide bar on each screen indicates the ideal tempo, and players can achieve a synchronous performance in the ensemble by following the guide bar. The difference in time between the ideal playing of each note and a player's performance is measured on each PC. We gave five elderly individuals opportunities to play Cymis and found that they learned to play ensemble easily. All of the subjects enjoyed playing in musical ensembles and displayed a keen interest in continuing to use Cymis after the study. The Cymis ensemble system will allow the elderly to enjoy musical ensemble and contribute to future studies on dementia prevention.
KW - dementia prevention
KW - elderly
KW - musical ensemble
KW - musical instruments
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U2 - 10.1109/Culture.and.Computing.2017.28
DO - 10.1109/Culture.and.Computing.2017.28
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85048263702
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 International Conference on Culture and Computing, Culture and Computing 2017
SP - 163
EP - 169
BT - Proceedings - 2017 International Conference on Culture and Computing, Culture and Computing 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 International Conference on Culture and Computing, Culture and Computing 2017
Y2 - 10 September 2017 through 12 September 2017
ER -