Problem
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There are many people who want to learn Piano, or are beginners. However, they can't find an easy way to start.
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- He played exclusively guitar. The other interviewees all talked about the piano, and when he spoke of music, he referred to strumming the guitar. This reminded us that not everyone who is learning music is familiar with the piano interface.
- He strongly believed everything should be available online, and thought it wasreally cool to consider using a web application to help with steps in the music learning process.
Other Interviewees
Other people we interviewed included someone with perfect pitch who believed the skill "couldn't be taught to an adult."
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From the interviews described above, we extracted the following goals. 1.
Train your ear
Many users have difficulty transitioning from "read and play" to "listen and play". As such, a tool which could help them train their ear in order to be able to distinguish musical notes is much desired. 2.
Low cost music education
Many users, especially beginners, have mentioned that they have delayed learning piano due to the costs associated with buying a piano or having a tutor. As such, it would help then if we could provide music education (especially beginner level) at low cost. 3.
Address the 'feeling lonely' problem
Learning things alone sitting in a room is boring, and much more in the case of music which is such an aesthetic and creative subject. Users have mentioned time and again how having other people around is a much better experience. 4.
Precise pitch training (optional)
Users have also expressed interest in learning not only the art of distinguishing notes being played on an instrument, but rather also having a tool which would give them feedback on the pitch at which they themselves are singing. However, since real-time pitch analysis is an open problem with its own conference dedicated to it, we have marked this goal as optional.