The world is becoming smaller and smaller everyday with technology becoming more and more advanced. Dr Yui an MSU piano professor talks about the New Yamaha Disklavier a revolutionary piano in the music educational world. This piano seems like a regular acoustic instrument until you plug it into a computer. Once plugged in the piano acts as a controller and receiver in from a digital standpoint. Think of a player piano the receives information then plays itself reading the information on a floppy disc, CD or what have you. Well the disklavier works like but instead of playing through a floppy disc it plays through a usb connection of some kind. Now lets your a music educator and you are going teach in another country for two weeks. You want to still be able to teach your students that way they are not missing out on lessons with your personally. If your school and the other school you will be visiting has the Disklavier you can still give s lessons even when your not there. Once two pianos are linked up your student an play a piece and you can see the notes the are playing on the piano your are sitting in front of while also watching a real time video. This means you can see their hands and the exact keys they are playing exactly as they are playing them. Imagine using this type of technology with other instruments aside from piano and how education could become this worlds wide 24/7 way of live in the world of music education. The possibilities are limitless with this innovative technology and I can wait till one day all schools have some kind of similar set up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJCHoGQ573U
THIS IS AMAZING! I can't believe how well this technology is thought out. I mean you are able to see every note that some person ,maybe thousands of miles away, is playing exactly as they are being played. That is fantastic. The doors that opens up for giving students a proper lesson over through technology is making it almost as good as a real lesson, person to person. This really opens up the door for teachers to teach any student wherever they are in the world so long as they can get access to the technology. This is definitely revolutionary technology
ReplyDeleteI agree with Miguel! This is such a fantastic technology! Being able to see exactly what is being played even if you are not physically together gives multiple benefits! Now you can help more students, faster, because you don't need to drive to meet up with them. Cheaper, because gas is expensive and there is no wear and tear on your car. Finally safer, because now you don't even have to leave the comfort of your home to learn. Accompany Skype with this new technology and you can see and hear your instructor while see plays YOUR piano! I would love to take a lesson by a professor who uses this, I'd be really excited.
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