Use of ICT for Training in Simultaneous Singing and Piano Playing and The Improvements it Achieves

Abstract

As a way to exploit Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the provision of training in simultaneous singing and piano playing, we introduced a method of requiring students to view e-learning material and to submit videos of their performance. In this paper, we evaluate how this method improves students’ performance skills, based on the length of time the students spent in viewing the e-learning material, the reports submitted by the students, the videos of the students’ performance taken in the course of their regular practice, and the results of their mid-term and final performance exams. It is shown that (1) the combination of the viewing of the e-learning material and the submission of performance videos, which are both non-face-to-face training, encourages the students to undertake self-training and can considerably improve their performance skills, and that (2) it is necessary to provide face-to-face training for certain skills that cannot be improved through non-face-to-face training.