Chen, C. W. J. (2021). A.I. in music education: The impact of using artificial intelligence (A.I.) application to practise scales and arpeggios in a virtual learning environment. In W. W. Ma, K. Tong, & W. B. A. Tso (Eds.), Learning Environment and Design: Current and future impacts (pp. 307-322). Singapore: Springer.

This pilot study investigates the impact of using mobile devices to facilitate the practising of scales and arpeggios. The AI application was designed by an engineer/musician in Hong Kong. This AI application enables students to practise, record themselves, view their mistakes and prepare for examinations based on the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music’s scales and arpeggios syllabus for five instruments (violin, flute, clarinet, trumpet and saxophone). This study (a) examines the progress of learners who use the application to practise scales and arpeggios; (b) observes how elementary learners perceive mobile practising in a virtual learning environment and (c) proposes a blended learning model that uses mobile practising with the support of AI