初等音楽教育におけるリコーダー演奏練習支援システムの開発

抄録

In Japanese elementary school music education, students practice both singing and playing musical instruments. In many elementary schools, guidance on playing a recorder is provided from the third grade. With practice, students are able to read the score and play the recorder efficiently. Currently, many systems supporting recorder-performance practice exist. For example, various systems are devised wherein a student can understand the required fingering by watching a video. However, the systems do not provide support for the rhythm of the notes. While playing musical instruments, grasping the pitch as well as the rhythm of notes is indispensable. Therefore, in this research, we developed a system equipped with rhythm practice. Further, improvement in the performance skills with respect to a specific musical piece was verified by performance tests before and after the system use, and a survey on system awareness of the students was conducted. On the basis of verification results, we confirmed that practicing a specific song on the recorder using this system can improve the performance technique for that song. In addition, it was found that the rehearsal of the recorder using this system tended to be higher for students' learning motivation than the conventional recorder practice.