Musicality: A Game to Improve Musical Perception

• Published in: Games and Learning Alliance Vol. 11385; pp. 39 - 48
• Main Authors: Khalass, Nouri, Zarnomitrou, Georgia, Haque, Kazi Injamamul, Salmi, Salim, Maulini, Simon, Linkermann, Tanja, Salamon, Nestor Z., Timothy Balint, J., Bidarra, Rafael
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2019; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• ISBN: 9783030115470; 303011547X
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-11548-7_4

Musicality is the concept that refers to a person’s ability to perceive and reproduce music. Due to its complexity, it can be best defined by different aspects of music like pitch, harmony, etc. Scientists believe that musicality is not an inherent trait possessed only by musicians but something anyone can nurture and train in themselves. In this paper we present a new game, named Musicality, that aims at measuring and improving the musicality of any person with some interest in music. Our application offers users a fun, quick, interactive way to accomplish this goal at their own pace. Specifically, our game focuses on three of the most basic aspects of musicality: instrument recognition, tempo and tone. For each aspect we created different mini-games in order to make training a varied and attractive activity.