Developing musical instruments for young children

为幼儿开发乐器

• 批准号: 104869
• 金额: $ 2.26万
• 依托单位: SPARK AND ROCKET LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Study
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=104869
• 关键词: Developing; musical; instruments; young; children

"Music is incredible. It has significant educational and social benefits for children. However, fewer and fewer children are getting to experience the joy of music with music being taken out of the curriculum.Children should be introduced to music early but it is hard. Instruments are not designed for their abilities, music notation is difficult, lessons are expensive and teachers and parents do not have the musical knowledge to teach children.Our aim is a significant human centred challenge. Music and traditional instruments are very complex, even for adults. Our objective is to design an interactive musical instrument that can be not only played by a three year old on their own but that also communicates and teaches the key fundamentals of music.We will test and significantly improve our understanding of the needs and desires of the customers; what do they want for their child, what value do they see in this product.We will test and significantly improve the users understanding and interaction of the physical product and educational material including signifiers, feedback and constraints.We will test and significantly improve the users understanding of music through the interaction with both the physical product and the educational materialWe will use these findings to develop a new prototype.We will collect evidence of the new prototype fulfilling its objectives. Use this to raise investment and move to commercialisation.The success of the project and the commercial success of the product will hinge on how well the product meets its objectives; how easily a young children can play and learn music with our instrument. As discussed this is a difficult challenge for our particular user and only through excellent human-centred design work can we meet these objectives.As it is such a challenge when we meet these objectives the value, excitement and benefit of the product will be profound. It will ensure commercial success through parents, partners, educational establishments, retailers and distributors who will all see the effect, benefits and positive reviews of the product.However, it will also benefit children all over the world enabling them to pal, learn and love music from a young age."

“音乐是不可思议的。它对儿童的教育和社会有着重要的意义。然而，随着音乐课程的取消，越来越少的孩子能体验到音乐的乐趣。乐器不是为他们的能力而设计的，乐谱很难，课程很贵，老师和家长没有音乐知识来教孩子。我们的目标是一个以人为本的重大挑战。音乐和传统乐器是非常复杂的，即使是成年人。我们的目标是设计一种互动乐器，不仅可以让三岁的孩子自己演奏，而且还可以交流和教授音乐的关键基础知识。我们将测试并显著提高我们对客户需求和愿望的理解;他们想让自己的孩子得到什么他们在这个产品中看到了什么价值。我们将测试并显著改善用户对物理产品和教育材料（包括能指）的理解和互动，反馈和限制。我们将通过与物理产品和教育材料的交互来测试并显著提高用户对音乐的理解。我们将利用这些发现来开发新的原型。我们将收集新原型实现其目标的证据。项目的成功和产品的商业成功将取决于产品是否能很好地满足其目标，以及孩子们使用我们的乐器演奏和学习音乐的容易程度。如前所述，这对我们的特定用户来说是一个艰巨的挑战，只有通过出色的以人为本的设计工作，我们才能实现这些目标。因为这是一个挑战，当我们实现这些目标时，产品的价值，兴奋和好处将是深远的。它将通过父母、合作伙伴、教育机构、零售商和分销商确保商业上的成功，他们都将看到产品的效果、好处和积极评价。然而，它也将使世界各地的儿童受益，使他们能够从小就成为朋友，学习和热爱音乐。"