PianoEscalaForte: una herramienta digital para el aprendizaje de escalas en el piano

Abstract

Abstract This study evaluates the effectiveness of the digital platform “PianoEscalaForte” (PianoEF), as a microlearning device for assessing musical scales on the piano, in the context of group piano class. Fourteen first-year piano students from the Music Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso participate in the study. The musicians play a musical scale for the first time (pre-test) and are then exposed to the different feedback modalities of the platform (visual, auditory and verbal) while improving the performance of the scale until making a final version (post-test). The performance data generated via MIDI format and the analysis of the retrospective questionnaires applied, indicate that PianoEF contributes to the development of the group piano class, facilitates feedback and helps students to improve the uniformity of music performance in terms of intensity and articulation (i.e., legato).