Comments on: The samchillian – a musical instrument based on relativity.

By: thadeusmac

thadeusmac — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:07:28 +0000

Seems cool- But can it be used to play chords? Or is it just a solo instrument?

By: oufenhous

oufenhous — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:24:48 +0000

A musical instrument of the future.

By: Synsacrus

Synsacrus — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:16:05 +0000

It basically changes the focus of music from the notes themselves to the spaces in between.

By: clockworkreactor

clockworkreactor — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:23:39 +0000

If this ever comes out to the market I’m buying one guaranteed this is awesome!

By: tyran424

tyran424 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:06:27 +0000

problem with this is… if you screw up one note, the entire piece is screwed up

By: rhythmtandemplayer

rhythmtandemplayer — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:45:04 +0000

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By: BigGermanBassoonist

BigGermanBassoonist — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:38:27 +0000

Not necessarily. If the user can think fast enough, they can simply compensate for the different in the next note.
For example, if they hit +2 instead of +1, and for the next note they would normally hit +3,they can hit +4 and hit the same note. Just like playing real piano or anything else, they only missed one note.

By: tyran424

tyran424 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:27:27 +0000

that would work yes… but you would have to know where you screwed up and by how much, unless of course you have perfect pitch

By: BigGermanBassoonist

BigGermanBassoonist — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:49:29 +0000

Again, not necessarily. If you weren’t sight-reading, you’d probably know the piece, and you’d be able to hear “Hey, I missed a note.”
Chances are, you’re probably only going to miss by one finger, so all you’d have to do is adjust one finger for the next note. Plus, there’s always the undo button if you really screw up that bad. It only goes back one note, but that doesn’t matter-any decently practiced musician will be able to tell that they’ve missed a note. You don’t need perfect pitch.

By: tyran424

tyran424 — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:37:36 +0000

this would be a pain to practice with is what im trying to say… youd have to know the piece and the instrument very well in order to get back on track from a missed note

not everyone is as good as you are with the thing