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May 05, 2015

touch pianist

A musical toy that allows you to perform hard-to-play classical piano music just by tapping the rhythm of the piece on your keyboard: touch pianist by Batuhan Bozkurt.

14 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 May 2015 at 21:41

    omg this is sooo cool

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  2. musanim5 May 2015 at 21:44

    Touch Pianist is one of the latest implementations of an idea that's been around for a long time: technologically-assisted musical performance; here's an historical overview on the subject: The Conductor Program — computer-mediated musical performance (http://www.musanim.com/tapper/).

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  3. Michaela5 May 2015 at 21:58

    How neat! This is so much fun :) I feel like a professional now. Thank you Bart for sharing.

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  4. Al Scotch6 May 2015 at 00:12

    horizontal rectangles make more sense for duration of note. I no reason for bigger circles at the top.

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  5. musanim6 May 2015 at 00:18

    Al Scotch, the bigger circles indicate louder notes. There's a problem with indicating duration: the duration is partly controlled by the user. Therefore, you can't show the duration until after the note is being played --- and since the note disappears after it's played, you can't do that either.

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  6. chefsinger6 May 2015 at 02:32

    well, for us amateurs this is still a great time waster. very relaxing and enjoyable!

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  7. Helen6 May 2015 at 23:59

    This is fantastic! Thoroughly enjoyed a good hour 'chill time' playing songs on this. The competative monkey in me would love a challenge mode!

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  8. Anonymous7 May 2015 at 10:20

    that's absolutely awesome!
    I played the piano years ago but couldn't ever manage to play the moonshine sonata because my hands are too small - now I could.
    thanks for this nice toy

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  9. Shonda7 May 2015 at 19:16

    So much fun. Very relaxing!!

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  10. Anonymous7 May 2015 at 20:29

    Erik Satie's Gymnopédies is so good. glad it was included.
    Thank you Bart

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  11. Anonymous7 May 2015 at 20:46

    i love the moonshine sonata too

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  12. Eff7 May 2015 at 23:29

    I just spent like an hour on taping my keyboard... and it was fantastic!

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  13. Anonymous17 May 2015 at 12:09

    This is sooooooo beautiful. I love this. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou.

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  14. Anonymous24 May 2015 at 22:48

    Meh. There's no real user dynamic here. It's like a recording that won't play unless you constantly do something, sort of like an old Victrola that has to be wound in order to keep playing.

    If you want a game where you actually have to get the rhythm correct in order to play the piece, try Guitar Hero.

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