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Journal of Green Learning, e-ISSN 2807-890X 

Vol. 2, No. 2, 2022, pp. 92-99.  
DOI: 10.53889/jgl.v2i2.119 

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Surveying of Perspectives on Teaching Piano Online 

at Shenyang Conservatory of Music 
 

Pan Lu
1
, Pramote Danpradit

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1
Department of Music, Faculty of Music, Bangkokthonburi University, Thailand 

 

Article Info  ABSTRACT 

Article history: 

Received  May 21, 2022 

Revised    August 19, 2022 

Accepted  September 9, 

2022 

 

 
The purpose of this paper is to explore the feasibility of setting 

up an online piano education program at the Shenyang 

Conservatory of Music. The researcher developed the survey 

according to the advice of experts and surveyed five issues: 

The researchers used the survey to find confidence and online 

surveyed 80 piano teachers from November to December 2021 

at the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. The results of the 

research were as follows: the survey respondents were 80 

piano teachers, and 95% were interested or agreed to teach 

online. There are 95% of people who think computers are very 

useful and powerful, and using mobile phones is more 

convenient and smaller to meet their needs and can substitute 

piano lessons by 70%. There are 55% of people who think it's 

the same as the tradition, just on a different platform. There are 

67.50% of people who think it's online, but it's actually closer 

to the students. There are 41.25% of people who think the 

school will have more students because it is more modern and 

keeps pace with the times. There are understanding the online 

by 95% of people fully agree with the online piano course 

model, and 65% of the people in the survey agree with the use 

of a telephone for online teaching and find its convenience.   

Keywords: 

Feasibility  

Online piano 

Understanding 

 

This is an open access article under the CC BY-SA license. 

 

Corresponding Author: 

Pramote Danpradit 

Department of Music 

Faculty of Music 

Bangkokthonburi University  

Thailand 

Email: pan635011@yahoo.com 

 

1. INTRODUCTION  

 The Shenyang Conservatory of Music was founded in 1938. It was the first higher art 

college founded by the Communist Party of China. In 1953, Northeast Music College was 

founded on the basis of the music department of Northeast Lu Xun Academy of Literature and 

Art. In 1958, it was renamed Shenyang Conservatory of Music. (Shenyang Conservatory of 

Music, 2021). The Shenyang Conservatory of Music was founded in 1938, until January 2021 

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it has 4 campuses, 18 educational units, 17 undergraduate majors, and 1073 full-time teachers. 

The total number of full-time students is 8092, including 7606 undergraduates and 486 

postgraduates (Shenyang Conservatory of Music, 2021). 

 The importance of online teaching has been reported many times before, with 

similarities and differences (Lei, 2017). During the course of teaching, we found that: 1) there 

was less interaction and slower feedback when we were communicating with students, mostly 

once a week; 2) most of the keyboard majors are huge instruments; it’s so inconvenient; 3) the 

teaching mode is too traditional and students’ interest is slightly poor. It also corresponds to 

the report of Lu (2013) on the piano teaching scheme: enhance interaction with students; 

effectively reduce waste of teaching resources; and find new ways to enhance students’ 

interest in learning. It is related to Deng (2013) explored online teaching: 1) real-time 

feedback classes and exercises; 2) efficient use of the piano room; and 3) the new model of 

network education enhances learners’ interests and saves educational resources.  

Additionally, Dong (2018) summarized the improvement effect of the application of 

Internet courses on piano majors’ teaching in colleges and universities. Liu (2019) points out 

that there are five general directions: 1) the internet can be used to enhance our piano 

teaching; 2) the internet shortens distances; network-classroom to improve efficiency; 3) 

integrating multi-channel teaching resources; 4) internet resources are developed, so teachers 

and students can help each other better; and 5) live broadcasting improves other practical 

activities. However, it is important that, Zhang (2019), specifically from the perspective of the 

reform work, complete the role of the Internet in piano teaching in colleges and universities. 

This paper points out that using the Internet to carry on the thinking of teaching reform is very 

necessary. Only in this way, can we effectively broaden the piano teaching resources, rich in 

piano teaching models, and enrich the students' learning methods (Anne, 2011). 

 Due to the development of technology and a lack of teaching resources, online music 

education has gradually become a popular mode of education. With the development of 

society and the popularization of the Internet, online education has developed vigorously in our 

country. Any type of course can be taught online, from the basics of online education to skills 

courses. Music courses are different from other skills courses, which are reflected in tone, 

demonstration, emotion, etc. (Yang, 2019a; Yang, 2019b). The researchers need to continue to 

explore the feasibility of understanding online piano courses. Whether the researchers can find a 

relatively perfect plan for online piano education to bring a better experience to teachers and 

students in schools remains to be seen. 

 The findings from this research identified the possibility of Shenyang Conservatory of 

Music opening online piano courses. Through the questionnaire survey and analysis of the 

teachers’ responses, it is concluded that the feasibility of understanding online piano courses 

is very large. This study aims to explore the feasibility of setting up an online piano course at 

the Shenyang Conservatory of Music. 

 

2. METHODOLOGY 

2.1 Scope of Study 

 Quantitative research is generally carried out for the purpose of obtaining statistical 

results on the whole of a specific research object. In quantitative research, information is 

represented by some number. When processing and analyzing these numbers, it is necessary 

to determine the scale according to which these informational data are measured and 

processed.  

 Target group: The researcher will define a population as a group of individuals, 

objects, or items from which samples are taken for measurement. The subjects of this study 

were 80 piano teachers at Shenyang Conservatory of Music keyboard majors. Finally, 80 

survey results were recovered. The study was limited to piano major teachers in the Shenyang 



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area because of cost and time factors, it is impossible for researchers to study at universities in 

every city. The study employed subjects were piano major teachers in Shenyang country. This 

study will run from November to December 2021. The researchers used a confident online 

survey of 80 piano teachers in the Shenyang Conservatory of Music during the month 

November through December 2021 (Table 1).  

 

 Table 1 Basic information about piano teachers 

 Frequency Percentage  

1. Teacher's gender   

 Male 21 26.25 

 Female 59 73.75 

2. Teacher's age (years)   

 30-35 10 12.5 

 35-40 38 47.5 

 40-45 20 25 

 45-50 12 15 

3. Teacher's piano teaching experience   

 0-10 years 26 32.5 

 10-20 years 54 67.5 

4. Teacher's workplaces   

 Local 76 95 

 International 4 5 

Total 80 100 

 

 Table 1 shows the basic information of 80 respondents in the questionnaire. It explains 

the specific situations of teachers, such as gender, age, teaching experience, working years, 

workplace, and so on. 

 In addition, there was no way to control the attitudes of the respondents during the 

conduct of this study. This could have had an adverse effect on the results of the study, as the 

interviewees may have just given the researchers impressive information. Therefore, the 

researchers insisted that respondents provide information honestly and guaranteed that it 

would remain completely confidential. 

2.2 Research instrument 

 Research instrument: In this research, questionnaires for teachers were used to collect 

data. The researcher used the questionnaire to obtain factual data and opinions in a structured 

framework from the respondents. The questionnaires enabled the researcher to collect data in 

the background of the internet. 

  1. General status: 

        1.1 Gender of the teacher 

        1.2 Age of the teacher 

          1.3 The teacher’s piano teaching experience 

        1.4 Workplaces of teachers 

  2. Teacher's understanding of teaching via the internet. The researcher 

developed a survey of understanding of feasibility in four items: 

        2.1 Knowledge of instruments and equipment 

        2.2 Understanding of the curriculum and teaching 

        2.3 Understanding of communication with students 

        2.4 Understanding of the impact on the school 



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        2.5 Recognizing the online and others 

 Validity of the research instruments: Validity means ascertaining the accuracy of the 

instruments by establishing whether they focus on the information they are intended to 

collect. In order to ascertain face validity, the researcher presented the instruments 

constructed to 3 supervisors who are senior researchers in the music department. Thereafter, 

they were revised according to the supervisors’ comments. The researcher also constructed 

the questionnaires in line with the researcher's objectives to ensure content validity. 

2.3 Data collection and analysis  
 The researcher will first visit the piano major at Shenyang Conservatory of Music to 

seek permission, establish a relationship, and set a date and time. The respondents will fill in a 

questionnaire and conduct an interview. On an agreed date, the investigator gave 

questionnaires to the respondents for data collection purposes. Timeline of the questionnaire 

can be provided. 

      1
st
 round : 2021.11.24 (provided) 

      2
nd

 round : 2021.12.08 (returning) 

      3
rd

 round : 2021.12.22 (reclaiming the rest) 

 Respondents are given sufficient time to respond to the items in the questionnaire, 

which will be collected by the researcher later. Questionnaires were collected as soon as 

possible to control the possibility of discussion among respondents. The subjects of this study 

were 80 piano teachers at Shenyang Conservatory of Music keyboard majors. Finally, 80 

survey respondents were recovered. 

 The researcher used descriptive statistics in order to analyze the collected data. 

Research tools are used to generate quantitative data. Responses were coded and classified 

according to the specific objectives of the study. The data analysis results are presented in the 

frequency and percentage. After data analysis was completed, results, conclusions, and 

recommendations were drawn based on the results. 

  

3. RESULT 
 The finding revealed that out of the 5 issues, 30 items received different high-level 

answers, summarized in the following 5 areas. The survey respondents were 80 piano 

teachers. 76 (95%) were interested or agreed to teach online. They found that views on the use 

of instruments and equipment and understanding of curriculum or teaching, the main subject 

and results of the survey are high. The details of the results and recommendations are 

summarized in Table 2. 

 

Table 2 Issues, number of questions and average scores for each aspect 

 Aspect Number of 

questions 
Percentage  

1 Views on the use of instruments and equipment 9 87.6 

2 Understanding of curriculum and teaching 10 60.2 

3 Understanding of communication with students 4 25 

4 Understanding of impact on the school 4 25 

5 Understanding the online and others 3 71.6 

 Total 30 53.88 

 

 From the Table 2, 30 items of questions in 5 issues, the survey respondents were 80 

piano teachers showed that 76 (95%) were interested or agreed to teach online. They found 

that views on the use of instruments and equipment and understanding of curriculum or 



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teaching, the main subject and results of the survey are high. The details of the results and 

recommendations are summarized as follows: 

       1) Views on the use of instruments and equipment: The computers are very useful 

and powerful (95%), the mobile phones are more convenient and smaller to meet the needs 

(95%), the importance is the course itself, and cheap electric pianos sound a little fake, and 

expensive ones too expensive. 

       2) For the curriculum or teaching: There are 55% of people think it’s the same as 

the tradition just on a different platform; 21.25% of people think it needs a little tweaking. 

We’re living, after all; 15% of people think that to cater to the new model, a whole set of 

teaching plans should be designed completely. 

       3) For communication with students: There are 67.50% of people who think it's 

online but it's actually closer to the students, so you don't miss anything with a video backup; 

12.50% of people think teachers and students will not adapt, will encounter a lot of 

communication barriers, and will not meet to solve problems; 7.50% of people think they 

don't trust the Internet very much. No eye contact is not emotional communication. You are 

only looking at the camera, not at me. 

       4) For the impact on the school: There are 41.25% of people who think the school 

will have more students because it is more modern and keeps pace with the times; 37.50% of 

people think educational resources are saved a lot. Schools have more money; 7.50% of 

people think they need to buy equipment that actually does not save money. 

       5) For the online and others: 65% of the people in the survey agree with the use of 

the telephone for online teaching and feel it is convenient. 55% of people think that if the 

online piano course is opened, it will cause other problems. 95% of people fully agree with 

the online piano course model. 

 

4. DISCUSSION 

 The reason why such research results are obtained through a questionnaire survey is 

that, generally, 76 teachers (95%) accept live courses, which means that most people are not 

averse to such revolutionary change. We just need to find a curriculum that works for both 

teachers and students that is consistent with the report of instructors transitioning to online 

education Yang (2019b) online education can go beyond the campus and radiate open 

education in a wider area. We can give full play to the discipline advantages and educational 

resources, and spread the best teachers and teaching achievements to students in all directions 

through the network. According to Bonk & Reynolds (1997), to promote higher-order 

thinking on the website, application, and online learning must create challenging activities 

that enable learners to acquire meaningful knowledge and use their metacognitive abilities. 

Hence, it is the instructional strategy, not the technology, that influences the quality of 

learning more reasonable utilization of resources. It's a pity that such an excellent teacher 

can't teach more people, and those who want to learn can't get more professional guidance 

because of the distance and time (Yates, 2011).  

However, network education through the Internet can be any of our school's quality 

courses, teaching results to a farther distance, breaking through the limitations of time and 

space, and making full use of quality resources. In our country, it can promote educational 

equity (Yuan & Xu, 2017; Zhou, 2019). It is under traditional education, students' learning is 

more passive. Teachers speak and students listen. Online education makes active learning 

more possible. Students can choose the teachers and courses they are most interested in, and 

any student can start learning any course from any chapter at any time and anywhere. With 

active and free learning, students are more active in learning. Joy (2004) Zhou (2019) The 

motivation and importance of this study were influenced by my own experience of 

transitioning from traditional face-to-face to online instruction. The survey revealed several 



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small aspects of online teaching. whole The theme is that the online teaching system is a new 

culture with some unique advantages (Joy, 2004; Zhang & Ma, 2015). 

 Additionaly, it found that 70% of people think it's online, but it's actually closer to the 

students, so you don't miss anything with a video backup; 16.3% of people think teachers will 

not adapt, will encounter a lot of communication barriers, and will not meet to solve 

problems. There are 55% of people who think the school will have more teachers because it is 

more modern and keeps pace with the times. According to the report, the reason for obtaining 

the results of this questionnaire data is that the benefits and characteristics of network 

education are well known to all, which is one of the reasons why it can compete with 

traditional education (Ally, 2008). The results are in line with Lin’s (2020) interview study 

report. Newband was founded in 2015, and the courses cover music education, music 

production, professional training, talent delivery, professional cooperation, and other fields. 

Description of vocal music courses from the interview, teaching resources: access, price, 

education and training, interactivity and usability, and organizational concerns (Zhe et.al., 

2021). 

 However, there were 55% of people think it’s the same as the tradition just on a 

different platform; 21.25% of people think it needs a little tweaking. We’re living, after all; 

15% of people think that to cater to the new model, a whole set of teaching plans should be 

designed completely. According to the guidelines of Ally (2008) described in the foundations 

of educational theory for online learning, In addition, universities and major departments also 

have online journals to publish new academic works, such as Shenyang Conservatory of 

Music online (Shenyang Conservatory of Music, 2021). Diversification of the cirriculum 

Under our traditional education, curriculum development is mostly based on the same 

curriculum outline, curriculum standards, and curriculum objectives, so the learning content is 

relatively static and knowledge cannot be updated in time. However, under network 

education, students can learn various types of courses through a small mobile phone, 

computer, and other devices, gain the latest knowledge of the industry, and update their 

knowledge base in time (Liu, 2019; Zhou, 2019). 

 The researcher conducted a questionnaire survey on equipment, curriculum, student 

communication, and school influence at the same time. The lengthiest part of their response 

was about curriculum design. They are very interested in the curriculum design of online 

courses. For communication with students, there is a 67.50% of people think it's online but it's 

actually closer to the students, so you don't miss anything with a video backup; 12.50% of 

people think teachers and students will not adapt, will encounter a lot of communication 

barriers, and will not meet to solve problems; and 7.50% of people think they don't trust the 

Internet very much. No eye contact is not emotional communication. You are only looking at 

the camera, not at me. 

 There were 41.25% of people think the school will have more students because it is 

more modern and keeps pace with the times; 37.50% of people think educational resources 

are saved a lot. Schools have more money; 7.50% of people think they need to buy equipment 

that actually does not save money. Education in management automation, network education 

relies on internet teaching. Management is also based on the internet. Students' consultation, 

registration, payment, course selection, inquiry, student status management, homework and 

test management can be completed through network interaction, making it convenient and 

efficient (Zhang & Ma, 2015; Lei, 2017). Consistent with Lu (2013) piano teaching scheme 

should improve student interaction and communication, effectively reduce the waste of 

teaching resources, and find new ways to enhance students' interest in learning. Deng (2013) 

explored that online teaching should have real-time feedback classes and exercises; efficient 

use of the piano room; and the new model of network education enhances learners’ interests 

and saves educational resources. 



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 Teachers’ various roles in traditional education, teachers are more subordinate to 

schools; that is, teachers need to teach according to various school standards, which contain a 

lot of formalism. However, network education can solve this problem in a better way. Here, 

more attention is paid to the teacher's ability. If you have the ability, you can go on. 

Furthermore, in network education, students can select their own courses from the root, 

encouraging teachers to optimize their own courses (Zhang, 2015; Huang, 2019). That is 

reiterated in an article by Zhang (2017) about the role of  internet thinking in piano teaching 

in colleges and universities. This way can effectively broaden the piano teaching resources, 

which are rich in piano teaching models, and enrich the students' learning methods (Dong, 

2017). 

  

5. CONCLUSION 
  The survey respondents were 80 piano teachers, 76 (95%) of them were interested in 

or agreed to teach online. There are 95% of people who think computers are very useful. and 

powerful, and using mobile phones is more convenient and smaller to meet their needs and 

can substitute piano lessons by 70%. There are 55% of people who think it's the same as the 

tradition just on a different platform; 21.25% of people think it needs a little tweaking. There 

are 67.50% of people who think it's online but it's actually closer to the students. 12.50% of 

people think teachers and students will not adapt, will encounter a lot of communication 

barriers, and will not meet to solve problems. There are 41.25% of people who think the 

school will have more students because it is more modern and keeps pace with the times. 

37.50% of people think educational resources are saved a lot and schools have more money. 

There are understanding the online and others: 95% of people fully agree with the online 

piano course model, 65% of those polled agree that using a phone for online teaching is 

convenient, and 55% believe that opening the online piano course will cause other problems.  

  According to the final data, most teachers do not object to the online piano course, but 

it needs a lot of preconditions to be completed, and many teachers also put forward a variety 

of suggestions. We can take these suggestions into the real project to avoid accidents. In the 

data feedback of the teachers' questionnaire, many understandings of online education, 

including advantages, and disadvantages were mentioned.  

 

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