What is this?

This is an interface that represents a musical major scale in order to teach what that scale sounds like.

What will happen?

This study is divided into three sections. The first section is a benchmark, the second and largest section is learning, and the final section is the benchmark again.

It will take less than 5 hours to complete, but could be as quick as ~30 mins. You can come and go whenever you like, so you don't have to do it all in one sitting.

In the beginning of the learning section, you will have lots of help. But as you get through it, you'll have to rely on yourself more and more.

After that, you'll be asked to compete a short survey about your experience.

What do I do?

You sing! Use your voice to make put the ball in the highlighted area. You may hear a note first, and you may be able to click the highlighted area to hear it again.

Sing the note until the bubble fills the entire middle area.

Don't be afraid to just play around. You'll probably want to wear headphones, too.

You can always come back and read this consent and instructoins by clicking the link at the top.

OK, what now?

If this still sounds good, keep scrolling to read the consent form and decide if you would like to participate:

You are being asked to be a volunteer in a research study conducted by Chris Ernst (and advised by Alex Endert).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a set of online music training exercises. We expect to enroll 100 participants in the study.

Participants in this study must have the ability to read English. The age criteria is such that only participants age 18 and over are allowed to participate. Participants should have access to a computer with a modern browser and be able to use it.

If you decide to take part in this study, you will be asked to interact with a website. This website has a beginning benchmark test, a curriculum of music exercises that will guide you through its completion, and an ending benchmark test. Then there will be a short survey about your experiences with and opinions about the site. You may start and stop at any time and come back to it later.

The risks associated with this study are minimal. They are no greater than those involved in daily web browsing activities.

You are not likely to directly benefit from this study. You may receive an increased understanding of music and tonality.

You will not be compensated for your time and effort. The study should not take more than 5 hours, but may be completed in any number of sessions.

The following procedures will be followed to keep your personal information confidential in this study: The data collected about you will be kept private to the extent allowed by law. Personally identifiable information about you is not required. Any information you do provide, in addition to automatically logged data from this website, will stored in the cloud behind industry standard security.

Your name and any other fact that might point to you will not appear when results of this study are presented or published. Your privacy will be protected to the extent allowed by law. To make sure that this research is being carried out in the proper way, the Georgia Institute of Technology IRB may review study records. The Office of Human Research Protections may also look over study records during required reviews.

If you are injured as a result of being in this study, please contact Alex Endert, Ph.D., at telephone (706) 940-2539. Neither the Principal Investigator nor Georgia Institute of Technology has made provision for payment of costs associated with any injury resulting from participation in this study.

Your participation in this study is voluntary. You do not have to be in this study if you don't want to be. You have the right to change your mind and leave the study at any time without giving any reason and without penalty. Any new information that may make you change your mind about being in this study will be given to you. If you would like, you may print a copy of the consent form. You do not waive any of your legal rights by agreeing to this consent form.

If you have any questions about the study, you may contact Dr. Alex Endert at telephone (706) 940-2539 or endert@gatech.edu.

If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact either:

Ms. Melanie Clark, Georgia Institute of Technology Office of Research Integrity Assurance, at (404) 894-6942

Ms. Kelly Winn, Georgia Institute of Technology Office of Research Integrity Assurance, at (404) 385- 2175.