2022 Volume 46 Issue 3 Pages 567-578
Programming education has been conducted at elementary schools in Japan since 2020. It has been said that creative music-making is related to such education. This study developed a web application reflecting the characteristics of “live coding,” an improvisational, creative music-making method. In “live coding,” a “live coder” creates music programming in real-time. In this paper, I first summarize the essential points in developing the web application, titled “Tec-Mu,” and explain the policies for its development. Next, I provide an overview of the developed web application. Thereafter, I validate whether the application possesses proper operations for encouraging “tinkering” in children, brings out various musicality in children, and stimulates children to understand the “elements characterizing music” through music class practice.
