Construction of a System for Recognizing Touch of Strings for Guitar

Abstract

In guitar performance, fingering is an important factor, and complicated. In particular, the fingering of the left hand comprises various relationships between the finger and the string, such as a finger touching the strings, a finger pressing the strings，and a finger releasing the strings. The recognition and distinction of the precise fingering of the left hand is applied to a self-learning support system, which is able to to detect strings being muted by a finger, and which transcribes music automatically, including the details of fingering techniques. Therefore, the goal of our study is the design and implementation of a system for recognizing the touch of strings for the guitar. We propose a method for recognizing the touch of strings based on the conductive characteristics of strings and frets. We develop a prototype system, and evaluate its effectiveness. Furthermore, we propose an application which utilizes our system.