Reading music from screens vs paper

The reading of music text from a computer screen was compared to paper in a laboratory controlled study. Computer-based animated score tracking devices of three types were tested, as well as a static screen representation of the music text and its paper-based counterpart. A proof-reading exercise wa...

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Published in:Behaviour & information technology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 72 - 78
Main Author: Picking, Richard
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1997
Taylor & Francis
Subjects:
Applications (e.g. Digitizing,...)
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information and communication technologies
Information science. Documentation
Information technologies: storage media, equipment
Primary documents
Sciences and techniques of general use
Specialized information sources
Specialized information sources (paper or electronic format)
Partition
Storage media
Preference
Screen
Music
Computer
Paper
Computer animation
Statistical study
Information technology
User behavior
Comparative study
ISSN:0144-929X, 1362-3001
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Summary:The reading of music text from a computer screen was compared to paper in a laboratory controlled study. Computer-based animated score tracking devices of three types were tested, as well as a static screen representation of the music text and its paper-based counterpart. A proof-reading exercise was given to subjects, which involved them listening to pieces of music and identifying intentional errors in the score. Their subjective views were also recorded. No significant difference between the five presentation styles were apparent in the proofreading study. However, subjects showed a significant preference for animation over paper and static representation. The most popular style of animation was where each note on the score was marked in time to the music. The medium of paper performed better overall than the static screen representation.
ISSN:0144-929X
1362-3001
DOI:10.1080/014492997119914