Advanced Technology Turns 'Air Guitar' Into Real Instrument
<p><span word="Learning">Learning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="guitar">guitar</span> <span word="requires">requires</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="practice">practice</span>, <span word="perseverance">perseverance</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span>, <span word="painful">painful</span> <span word="blisters">blisters</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="fingers">fingers</span>.</p><p><span word="Playing">Playing</span> <span word="the">the</span> "<span word="air">air</span> <span word="guitar">guitar</span>" <span word="by">by</span> <span word="mimicking">mimicking</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="musician">musician</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="fingering">fingering</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="strumming">strumming</span> <span word="motions">motions</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="easier">easier</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fun">fun</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="does">does</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="produce">produce</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="sound">sound</span>.</p><p><span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Goldsmiths">Goldsmiths</span>, <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="London">London</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Sussex">Sussex</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="gesture">gesture</span> <span word="recognition">recognition</span> <span word="technology">technology</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="build">build</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="digital">digital</span> <span word="instrument">instrument</span> — <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kurv">Kurv</span> "<span word="stringless">stringless</span>" <span word="guitar">guitar</span> — <span word="that">that</span> <span word="turns">turns</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="guitar">guitar</span> <span word="motions">motions</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="music">music</span>.</p><p>"<span word="What">What</span> <span word="we">we</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="done">done</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Suran">Suran</span> <span word="Goonatilake">Goonatilake</span>, <span word="co">co</span>-<span word="founder">founder</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Kurv">Kurv</span> <span word="Music">Music</span>, "<span word="is">is</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="bunch">bunch</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="different">different</span> <span word="sensors">sensors</span>, <span word="accelerometers">accelerometers</span>, <span word="gyroscopes">gyroscopes</span>, <span word="magnetometers">magnetometers</span>, <span word="pressure">pressure</span>-<span word="sensitive">sensitive</span> <span word="stuff">stuff</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="then">then</span> <span word="combine">combine</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mobile">mobile</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="computational">computational</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="drive">drive</span> <span word="real">real</span>-<span word="time">time</span> <span word="music">music</span> <span word="synthesis">synthesis</span>."</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="pad">pad</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="buttons">buttons</span> <span word="fits">fits</span> <span word="neatly">neatly</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="palm">palm</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>, <span word="while">while</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strumming">strumming</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="holds">holds</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="oversized">oversized</span> <span word="electronic">electronic</span> <span word="pick">pick</span>. <span word="By">By</span> <span word="pressing">pressing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="buttons">buttons</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="player">player</span> <span word="chooses">chooses</span> <span word="chords">chords</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="strumming">strumming</span> <span word="motion">motion</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="hand">hand</span>.</p><p>"<span word="So">So</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="mapped">mapped</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="entire">entire</span> <span word="guitar">guitar</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bass">bass</span> <span word="fretboard">fretboard</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="acoustic">acoustic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="electric">electric</span> <span word="guitar">guitar</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Kurv">Kurv</span> <span word="Music">Music</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Jack">Jack</span> <span word="Fuller">Fuller</span>. "<span word="And">And</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="notes">notes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="chords">chords</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="total">total</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="think">think</span>, <span word="came">came</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="samples">samples</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="possibility">possibility</span>."</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="minutes">minutes</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="practice">practice</span>, <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="never">never</span> <span word="played">played</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="guitar">guitar</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="learn">learn</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="play">play</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="simple">simple</span> <span word="riff">riff</span>.</p>
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