Electronic Note-String Detector

Author(s) Information

Gavin Garcia-Rossi, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow
Tommy Smail, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoFollow

College - Author 1

College of Engineering

Department - Author 1

Electrical Engineering Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BS in Environmental Engineering

College - Author 2

College of Engineering

Department - Author 2

Electrical Engineering Department

Degree - Author 2

BS in Electrical Engineering

Date

12-2023

Primary Advisor

Wayne Pilkington, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering Department

Abstract/Summary

As the virtual space has become a dominant part of everyone’s day-to-day lives, many normal face-to-face interactions and services have not yet been facilitated by adapting technology. One of these prevailing areas is music lessons. Over Zoom meetings, or other virtual platforms, it is tremendously challenging to teach students. These challenges include recognizing student mistakes audibly and visually, and being able to give confident feedback on the incorrect notes played by learning musicians. Without having to delve into improving the complex systems that would be required to improve audio, video, and connection quality of these connections, we have another solution that can more easily and affordably obviate these issues for learning guitar players.

This solution is the Electronic Note-String Detector. This product serves to not only register the notes that are played by the guitarist, but the exact strings and fret positions that are played. These string and fret positions will be recorded and displayed in a tablature format to provide feedback to both instructors and students. Instructors can more confidently recognize when students play incorrect notes, and can also assign out-of-class practice with valuable automated feedback to the students, with the ability to score performances immediately.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/eesp/654