Differences of characteristics of music singing between in usual Karaoke and in Hitokara

Abstract

Recently some of people in Japan go to Karaoke by oneself. This is called Hitokara (solo Karaoke). We investigated the differences of characteristics of music singing between in usual Karaoke and in Hitokara. Participants were 103 university students. They were asked to fulfill a questionnaire about characteristics of music singing both in usual Karaoke and in Hitkoara. As a result, about one third of participants had at least once experience of Hitokara singing, and they preferred both usual Karaoke singing and Hitokara singing. However, they preferred the music with characteristics of elation or lightness in usual Karaoke singing, in Hitokara singing they preferred the music with various characteristics. In Hitokara singing, people sing actively and they would be able to cope well with various moods by singing various music.