Design and Development of a PC Application to Address the Challenges Faced by Sri Lankan Academics in Typing North Indian Classical Music Notations
Abstract
The objectives of this study were to identify the challenges encountered by Sri Lankan academics in typing North Indian music notations and introduce a Portable Computer (PC) application as a solution for the identified challenges. So far, there has been no adequate study of the problems encountered by the Sri Lankan academic community in typing north Indian music notations. Accordingly, the absence of a systematic as well as a more effective computerized method for transcription of north Indian music notations is the research problem for this study. The mixed method was used to carry out the research work. As revealed by this research, it can be identified that Sri Lankan academics face various challenges while typing north Indian classical music notations. Difficulty in creating notations in a short time, lack of a unique method to typing notations, inability to obtain a high-quality output, and lack of a software application designed for only this purpose can be identified as those challenges. Accordingly, a software that can reduce all challenges, and can type north Indian music notations in both Sinhala and English languages was created by the researchers. Therefore, academics can type north Indian music notations without any errors and with a good finish, and thus it can be concluded that the challenges faced by the scholars in typing north Indian music notations can be overcome.
