Early results of the EU-funded Vemus project are indicating that the project is successful.
Project coordinator George Tambouratzis said: “Initial results show that students using Vemus learn more quickly than control groups studying the same music using conventional teaching methods. Motivated by interaction with their computers, the Vemus students also study longer and learn more pieces than the control group students.”
Different instruments and different platforms have been tested by project partners in different countries, including Sweden, Greece, Romania, Lithuania and Estonia.
So far, only monophonic wind instruments, such as flute, recorder, trumpet and saxophone, are understood by the system with polyphonic instruments proving more complicated.
Once the project is completed, the partners have some ideas for future projects to build on the work done, Tambouratzis says, though discussions are still at an early stage.
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Date Published: March 31, 2009
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