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PickUpPiano

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Problem Statement

Many music enthusiasts want to learn piano but don't find an easy way to start. Many of the beginner musicians (even some intermediate ones) find it difficult to differentiate various notes from one another.

One of our interviewees Kevin Wong, an undergraduate at MIT, started learning Piano only a month ago. He says that he "started this late ... because [of]: no access to piano, no instructor ..." Another interviewee, Saroj Kandel, who is an intermediate level professional singer, says "I find it very difficult to differentiate notes on my own [without Harmonium]." Micah Ekchardt, a Media Lab graduate Student, who is an "advanced novice" guitar player, thinks that distinguishing the pitch is "one of the important things to learn" while learning music. He wants an online way to learn that skill because of "time constraints". 

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