Application of Digital Music Technology in Music Pedagogy

• Main Authors: Peiwei Zhang, Xin Sui
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kassel University Press 2017-12-01
• Series: International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
• Subjects: digital music technology; music pedagogy; MIDI; digital audio
• Online Access: http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jet/article/view/7966

This paper expounds the concept and current development of digital music technology in modern times by exploration and analysis around the music technology, in order to better develop music pedagogy. In allusion to the contemporary music pedagogy, a new instruction idea is proposed by analyzing the digital music technologies such as MIDI, digital audio and other new music carriers, namely, an instruction model which integrates the digital music technology and the traditional teaching mode and means in the music classroom of middle school. In order to validate the availability of digital music technology, this paper also contemplates the current development of digital music industry and demonstrates the importance of digital music in modern music pedagogy by drilling down the digital music characteristics. In the end, it is concluded that the digital music technology introduced in music classroom instruction of middle schools contributes to cultivating students' music learning capacity.