Smule and iPad allows users to play fiddle
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
We've all played a piano on our iPod or iPad but that was just the beginning.
Smule has recently unveiled it's newest creation, the Magic Fiddle for iPad, which turns your iPad into your very own stringed instrument.
People who have never played the instrument can easily pick it up and begin playing. It's held on your shoulder, like a violin. One hand acts as the bow and the other presses down the strings.
Unlike Rock Band and Guitar Hero Magic Fiddle isn't just pre-recorded songs being played. The app goes further in making unique but not always exact representations of the actual sound of a fiddle.
Smule has also created other musical apps such as the magic piano, leaf trombone and Sonic Vox. Two years ago the Ocariana flute app was created. It allowed people to blow into the microphone to create music.
The Magic Fiddle app is only $2.99 and has a large songbook filled with favorites such as "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" and "Silent Night".
4 comments:
This is pretty ingenius... the iPad continues to amaze me with all of the new additions, apps, and software that has made it into the ultimate portable electronic device.
I'm really waiting to see Apple/the iPad converge with gaming systems like the Wii. I feel like it would open up a whole new world for game engineering and innovation that we haven't even come close to yet... Not to mention the exercise/fitness health benefits of the already popular console.
Did anyone else hear that Apple is opening a new online store in China? Not only is apple really changing the world of technology, they are also spreading world wide.
This is awesome. It's incredible how much Apple can do with technology. It'll never replace the original instrument but this will definitely fix boredom.
This is very interesting that someone with no musical experience can pick this up and play full songs. It's amazing all the ways that technology can give amateurs experience in areas that typically require much practice and work to specialize in. I can only imagine the many more ways that will unfold with new developments in the near future.
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