Raising Interest with Software Integration in Music Notation Learning

This study investigated the effects of music software integration in the high school music teaching and learning process. Most of the existing literature on music learning covers issues of face-to-face and one-on-one classroom settings, instrumental learning and singing in both curriculum and co-curriculum design, with some studies on software integration. However, there is still a lack of studies that examine the use of software in enhancing students’ motivation and independent learning in music. The focus of this paper is to investigate whether music software can enhance interest in music learning. A sample of forty of high school students was selected randomly and a set of questionnaires was used to identify whether software results in a positive effect in terms of learning, interest and motivation among the students. Learning using computer software was new at the selected secondary school. Results show that there is a positive effect towards motivation and independent learning in students.