Educational Possibilities of the Project Colour Visualization of Music

• Authors: Bojan Klemenc , Peter Ciuha , Franc Solina
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We propose a system of colour visualization of music based on a system of colour signs, which are connected to musical tones. Tones, which are in harmonic relationships, are represented by related colours. First, we outline the foundations on which the system of colour signs is based - the mathematical model of harmony. We discuss several possibilities of visual representation of expressive elements of music - melody, composition, rhythm and harmony. These relationships enabled us to develop a computer program that employs these elements for visualization. The program mimics human perception in which the parts are determined by the perception of the whole. Furthermore, the program enables the development of tools that can enhance music understanding during listening or performing. Music performance can acquire a new quality with the use of interactive coloured musical instruments, which by using colours show the performer different possibilities for forming musical harmonies and thereby change the composing of music into a game and attractive colour-aural journey. Here we stumble upon a challenge for educational science and methodology: how to use such upcoming multimedia tools. These tools would bring the processes of learning and playing a game closer together since playing games is a child's most natural form of functioning. Furthermore, in the area of artistic creation we can once again establish a balance between our logical and intuitive nature.

Keywords

EN

visualization; music; colours; learning; creativity

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Organizacija
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 67-75

Dates

published

2011-05-01

online

2011-07-01

Contributors

author

Bojan Klemenc

• Computer Vision Laboratory, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Peter Ciuha

• Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Erjavčeva cesta 23, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Franc Solina

• Computer Vision Laboratory, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Tržaška cesta 25, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10051-011-0006-9