Design and Implementation of a Piano Practice Support System using a Real-Time Fingering Recognition Technique

Abstract

Piano players need to learn various techniques such as correct keying and fingering. However, the lighted keyboards, which light up the key and are the most commonly used piano learning supports, have several problems for learners, such as difficulty in understanding the presented fingering information and flow of keying positions, and lack of a fingering check function. To resolve these problems, the goal of our study is to construct a piano practice support system that has a fingering check function using a real-time fingering recognition technique. We discuss the presentation methods that can effectively indicate pianolearning information such as fingering and keying information. We evaluated a prototype system that was actually used by learners, and found that it had significant advantages over lighted keyboards.