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ACADEMIC PROJECT 2 INTERACTION DESIGN Ramprasad S / 12633 0011 / IDC IIT Bombay Guide: Prof. Pramod Khambete The project Carnatic Music 2 What is it? ‘vocal music’ - most compositions are written to be sung with lyrics in the form of kritis, varnams, etc The basic elements śruti (the relative musical pitch), Swara (the musical sound of a single note), rāga (the mode or melodic formulæ), and tala (the rhythmic cycles). 3 Carnatic music How do we learn? Varisais graded exercises (sarali, janda, dhattu) Alankaras exercises based on the seven talas Geetams or simple songs Swarajatis Varnams Kritis Fit to perform at a concert! 4 The project Objectives i. To design an interactive tool for learning to sing and practise beginner-level Carnatic music lessons. ii. To design audio-visual, task based interactions that help in understanding concepts in Carnatic music that are difficult to comprehend when recited or written as text. iii. To bring in elements of healthy competition, sharing and life-long music/singing practise. 5 Design Process Introduction August October - Finalising of topic - Analysis and personas - Defining the need of the problem - Redefine the brief - Secondary Research - Concepts - Existing products - Scenarios September November - User studies with Music teachers - Design - User studies with Music learners - Report writing - Understand the current learning process - Prototyping and testing - Analysis and personas 6 Secondary Research www.gaonaweb.com 7 Secondary Research Shankarmahadevanacademy 8 Secondary Research iCarnatic Android App 9 Primary Research Shadowing Semi-structured Interviews 10
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