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Singing with Hatsune Miku: Vocaloids as a
Medium for Music Learning
Matthew D. Thibeault and Koji MatsunobuThe Education University of Hong Kong
APSMER MalaysiaJuly 19, 2017
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This overview video, our paper, and more at www.matthewthibeault.com
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• Released 2007
• ~30 million search results (Google, July 2017)
• 100,000 performances, 22,000 compositions for Miku (Zaborowski, 2016, p. 122). Live performances via hologram.
• Multi-genre: pop, metal, opera, traditional
• #1 on Japanese Oricon music charts; #1 selling software amazon.jp year of release
• Manga, toys, games, endorsements, benefit albums
• Anyone can commercially release Miku performances
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“Yeah, they love it… but what the heck
is this thing?”
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Persona= “she/her”
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Technology= “it”
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Social= “they”
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Miku = medium
• Following work in sound studies, particularly Sterne
• Socially contingent network of recurring relations between people, practices, institutions, and technologies
• Pedagogy and ideas about music learning are mediated (just as they are with sheet music)
• Wants, needs, values, and practices change and are changed through engagement with the medium
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Extension of vocal technique inspired by vocaloid
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Vocaloidineducation
2010onwards-Vocaloidinclassrooms-Vocaloidcoursesinuniversities2017-“VocaloidforEducation”byYamaha(withapackageoflessonplans,audioaccompaniments-Newhighschooltextbook(byKyoikuGeijutsusha)introducesHatsuneMikuunder"Sound&Vocal"
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MikuinITclass:AschoolinTokyoStudents(intheinformationcourse)engagedin• LettingMikusingaschoolanthem(2011)• MakingMikuadvertisetheschool(2012)• Makinga60yearanniversarysongoftheschoolusinganotherVocaloid(2013)• CompletinglessonsforVOCALOIDEditorforCubase(2015)Guestteachersincludedavocaloidproducerandamusicteacher(oftheschool).Theprogramwasnotledbythemusicteacher.
Inthecourse,studentsdid• Composeasongoraddavocalparttoanexistingpiece• SharewithotherfolksandengageindiscussionSincethisisaninformationcourse,theassessmentwasnotplacedonthemusicalaspects,butplacedon• WhethertechnicalityismatchedbetweenMikuandaccompaniment• Extrapointsaregivenifmultiplevocalpartsareadded,ifothercreativeexpressionsaremade
(suchastheuseofunusualdialects,etc.Artistryandexpressionisnotquestionedbuttechnicalmasteryandnon-musicalcreativeoriginalityarethefocus.
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ModellessonplansfromYamaha
Groupcompositionofasong(basedonShimazakiTōson’spoem“firstlove”publishedin1896).8-barphrasex4.Chordpatternsareincludedinthepackage.
http://ses.yamaha.com/activity/1225/
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MikuinEducationMikuallows• Visualizationofvocalimage• Activelearning(motivation)• ProgramingGeneralcomments• “WishIcouldjoinit..”• “Betterthannormal
(boring)musiclessons”• Shouldfocusmoreon
“better”or“decent”music&instruments
• Mikuwillnolongerbeattractiveiftaughtinschools
• Novisualelement(Mikuhasnotbeenacceptedasacharacterbutonlyas“voice”oratoolformusicproduction)
• Nosharingoutsidetheschool(noconnectionwith2chan,nosocialsharing)
• Noanimeorcoversong.Nohumour(thesearenotappropriate).Only“educational”materials
• Gapofvalues(schoolaestheticsvs.vocaloidaesthetics)
• “VocaloidforEducation”isalignedwiththecurriculum(courseoflearning)bytheMin.ofEducationandScience.
• TheframeofcompositionistheUKCreativeMusicMakingnotMusicalFutures
• Thegoaliscreativeindividual.Mikuevolvedaroundsociallyvaluedcreativity
• Mikuontheexistingframeofmusiceducation
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Questions and provocations1. Will educators regard Miku as
extending, replacing, or displacing the voice as traditionally conceived?
2. Would a music school admit a student who only sung via Miku? (political)
3. What learning or pedagogic patterns can we begin to note when engaging with media such as Miku?
4. How might mediated and technologized learning help us to rethink music learning generally?