Bridging Thai music notation to Western music scores through innovative conversion and evaluation

Warakorn Seeyo; Weerayut Seekhunlio; Sayam Chuangprakhon

doi:10.31893/multiscience.2024073

Keywords:

Music Note Conversion

Abstract

Research on bridging Thai music notation to Western music scores through innovative conversion and evaluation by developing a Thai music notation printing program through innovative research For converting Thai musical notation into an international musical score by researching documents and related research along with advice from music experts. After that, the program was tried and evaluated by three experts and 20 test users. The results of the research showed the creation of a program to Thai music notation to Western music note structure conversion called XxX Notation (Triple Note) by accessing the domain http://www.music.msu.ac.th/xxxnotation-v2, which is under the website of the College of Music, Mahasarakham University. Music can be saved online, reused, and edited. Able to export notes to paper through printers, PDF, Word, and Excel. Able to listen to the sound of printed notes. It is the sound of a large gong, which is an instrument in the main melody of Thai music. And can increase or decrease speed. To Thai music notation to Western music note structure conversion. Use Thai music notation input, convert the data to MusicXML, and display it as an international note. The results of the quality assessment of the Thai music notation printing program from 3 experts to evaluate the quality of the program in 4 aspects found that the program evaluation results were the highest quality with an average of 4.68, and the quality assessment results from 20 users were the highest quality with an average of 4.76.
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Seeyo, W., Seekhunlio, W., & Chuangprakhon, S. (2023). Bridging Thai music notation to Western music scores through innovative conversion and evaluation. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 6(5), 2024073. https://doi.org/10.31893/multiscience.2024073

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[2] Arunrat P (2000) History of Recording Music Scores in Thai Music. Silpakorn University Journal, Year 19-20, 182-215.

[3] Bhumitavara K (2019) Guidelines on Kru Pim Poungnak's Thai Classical Music Scores to Digital Files. Baan Samdej Music Journal, 1(2), 85-98.

[4] Boonkerd B, Petkongthong Y (2016) History of Thai Music Notation. Academic Journal of Social Sciences, 4(1), January - June 2016.

[5] Cunningham S, Gebert N, Picking R, Grout, V (2006) Web-based Music Notation Editing. In Proceedings of IADIS-International Conference on WWW/Internet, Murcia, Spain.

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[7] Good, M (2001) MusicXML for notation and analysis. The virtual score: representation, retrieval, restoration, 12(113–124), 160.

[8] Julia J, Iswara PD, Supriyadi T (2018) Song creation by using computer music notation. In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 434, No. 1, p. 012055). IOP Publishing

[9] Khamfoi P (2010) Development of a Recording System of Traditional Thai Songs into International Standards (Doctoral dissertation, Bachelor of Culture, Mahasarakham University).

[10] Kivijärvi S (2019) Applicability of an applied music notation system: A case study of Figurenotes. International Journal of Music Education, 37(4), 654-666. DOI: 10.1177/0255761419845475

[11] Kuo YT, Chuang MC (2013) A Proposal of a Color Music Notation System on a Single Melody for Music Beginners. Volume 31, Issue 4. DOI: 10.1177/0255761413489082

[12] Myers-Moro P (1990) Musical notation in Thailand. Journal of the Siam Society, 78(1), 101-08.

[13] Phancharoen N (2010) Music Theory. (9th ed.). Bangkok: Ketkarat Publishing House.

[14] Pikunsri C (1997) East Asian Music. Khon Kaen: Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts.

[15] Seeyo W, Seekhunlio W, Choatchamrat S, Phulaiyaw A, Noknoi K (2023) Ram Tone’s Knowledge Preservation and Literacy Transmission in Mahasarakham Province, Thailand. International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 11(2), 39-44. DOI: 10.7575/aiac.ijels.v.11n.2p.39

[16] Sonyai P (2018) Recording of Thai Music. Mahasarakham: Apichat Printing Limited Partnership.

[17] Suksaen K, Srichettha P (2016) Transformation of Thai Music Notation into International Notation Structure Based on Music XML. In Computer Science and Engineering Conference International Conference in 2016 (pp. 549-554). Chiang Mai: Maejo University.

[18] Szwoch M (2008) Using MusicXML to Evaluate Accuracy of OMR Systems. In: Stapleton, G., Howse, J., Lee, J. (eds) Diagrammatic Representation and Inference. Diagrams 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5223. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87730-1_53

[19] Watanabe A, Katoh T, Bista BB, Takata T (2006) On a watermarking scheme for MusicXML. In 20th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications - Volume 1 (AINA'06), Vienna, Austria (pp. 5 pp.-). DOI: 10.1109/AINA.2006.241.

[20] Wisutthiphat M (1992) Principles of Recording Thai Music Notation. Bangkok.

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