| dc.contributor.advisor | Egozy, Eran | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fiksinski, Julia | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-07T15:11:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-07T15:11:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-09 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2021-11-03T19:25:32.523Z | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/139902 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We present Practica, a music education application which combines the user experience of a play-along practice application, the functionality of a melody transcription program, and the soloing tips and harmonic analysis that a music student might receive from an instructor. The user can read soloing tips and introductions to harmonic analysis, record themselves soloing over a backing track, and view transcriptions of their solos with different analysis modes applied in the form of color-coded notes. We develop an audio processing and transcription pipeline to generate sheet music for solo recordings. We examine how to present the subjective teaching and evaluation of improvisation in a programmatic manner. Two user studies suggest that Practica successfully presents students with an educational platform that empowers them to improve their musical abilities and explore jazz improvisation in a interactive and beginner-friendly format. | |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| dc.rights | In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted | |
| dc.rights | Copyright MIT | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | Practica: A Music Education Application for Learning Jazz Improvisation | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.description.degree | M.Eng. | |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
| mit.thesis.degree | Master | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | |
