THREE METHODS FOR PIANIST HAND ASSIGNMENT

Hand assignment is the task to determine which hand of the pianist has played a note. We propose three methods for hand assignment: The first method uses Computer Vision and analyzes video images that are provided by a camera mounted over the keyboard. The second and third methods use Kalmanfiltering to track the hands using MIDI data only or a combination of MIDI and inertial sensing data. These methods have applications in musical practice, new piano pedagogy applications, and notation.