Humans have been developing and playing musical instruments for millennia. With
technological advancements, instruments were becoming ever more sophisticated. In recent …

The touch used to play the piano, representing aspects of body posture, hand posture,
movement, speed, force and pressure on the key, has been addressed over the centuries by …

This paper provides an overview on inclusiveness in remote music education and
networked music performances, highlighting issues and difficulties encountered by users …

We present research for automatic assessment of pianist hand posture that is intended to
help beginning piano students improve their piano-playing technique during practice …

Pianists achieve extreme levels of virtuosity on their instrument, requiring a combination of
talent and decade-long continuous and deliberate practice, training, and experience. As with …

The keyboard is one of the most popular and enduring musical interfaces ever created.
Today, the keyboard is most closely associated with the acoustic piano and the electronic …

This paper presents a portable optical measurement system for capturing continuous key
motion on any piano. Very few concert venues have MIDI-enabled pianos, and many …

Piano learning applications in Mixed Reality (MR) are a promising substitute for physical
instruction when a piano teacher is absent. Existing piano learning applications that use …

Incorrect hand posture is known to cause fatigue and hand injuries in pianists of all levels.
Our research is intended to reduce these problems through new methods of providing direct …

This paper presents a method of integrating two contrasting sensor systems for studying
human interaction with a mechanical system, using piano performance as the case study …