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This research explores the interaction among children learning through a playful mobile musical interface.  In using the innate playful nature of children, a sandbox environment will be implemented to supplement the experiences of learning music. We will design gestures that allows children to interact with a firefly model that represents different musical rudiments, such as rhythm, beat-rest patterns, notes, measures, and sections. This will be accomplished through the use of a human-centered design process of understanding children, and music teachers. The findings will guide the design and development of an iterative prototype that will repeatedly be tested by children. Continuous feedback through experiments and usability tests will allow us to discover what human factors are exhibited by children when doing music composition tasks.

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\hspace{-0.5em}\textbf{Keywords:}\hspace{0.25em} & Human Computer Interaction, Music Representation, Sandbox Environment, Gestural Input, Usability testing, User Interface Design
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