MusicBlocks: An Innovative Tool for Learning the Foundations of Music

Beatrice Miotti, Luca Bassani, Enrico Cauteruccio, Marco Morandi

2022

Abstract

The Italian National Guidelines (Miur, 2012) and in particular the legislative decree no. 60 highlight the competencies in the artistic and expressive field which students must acquire by the end of the first cycle of education. Indire in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of Education started research activities in order to support music teachers in the teaching activities and in the implementation of best practices in their classes. The research presented in this paper results from listening to teachers’ needs. It describes the ideation, realisation and future developments of the experimentation of MusicBlocks: a tool patented by the research group, which enables tangible music production, overcoming the difficulties deriving from learning how to play a musical instrument. MusicBlocks is an easy-to-use tool due to its structure especially conceived to be used by students as a stand-alone tool. Students can compose their own melody and listen to its execution by laying Lego® bricks. If this does not provide practical help to learn how to play an instrument, it surely helps to acquire the propaedeutic competences: rhythm, melody, and harmony, which are necessary in order to develop an interest in playing a musical instrument. Experimentations with MusicBlocks are currently undergoing in lower secondary schools, receiving a high degree of interest and appreciation from students and teachers.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Miotti B., Bassani L., Cauteruccio E. and Morandi M. (2022). MusicBlocks: An Innovative Tool for Learning the Foundations of Music. In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSME, ISBN 978-989-758-562-3, pages 475-484. DOI: 10.5220/0011152100003182

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csme22,
author={Beatrice Miotti and Luca Bassani and Enrico Cauteruccio and Marco Morandi},
title={MusicBlocks: An Innovative Tool for Learning the Foundations of Music},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSME,},
year={2022},
pages={475-484},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011152100003182},
isbn={978-989-758-562-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSME,
TI - MusicBlocks: An Innovative Tool for Learning the Foundations of Music
SN - 978-989-758-562-3
AU - Miotti B.
AU - Bassani L.
AU - Cauteruccio E.
AU - Morandi M.
PY - 2022
SP - 475
EP - 484
DO - 10.5220/0011152100003182