Adaptive Drum Kit Learning System: Impact on Students’ Motivation

The use of computer technology in the process of learning to play musical instruments is still a relatively unexplored area. In this paper, a conceptual model of an adaptive system for learning to play musical instruments is presented, on the basis of which a prototype for learning to play the drum kit has been created. The results of a study in which the developed prototype has been compared with the alternative methods of self-learning to play a drum kit is also presented and elaborated. The results of conducted study have shown that the students who learned to play a drum kit using a developed system based on the created conceptual model were more motivated during the process of learning compared to the two control groups of the students who have been provided with video tutorial lessons or with an alternative computer system for learning to play a drum kit.