[ExI] guitar playing robot

[William Flynn Wallace]

Somebody needs to say that writing music for an instrument one cannot play
is likely to be inferior to the music composed by those who can play it.
At least some familiarity with the instrument's demands is essential even
if one's physical capabilities are limited (like mine!)

Spike:  did you know that a few centuries ago some stringed instruments had
strings that were never bowed nor plucked?  They were meant to vibrate in
sympathy with the ones that were played.   bill


On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:57 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

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> *From:* extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org [mailto:
> extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org] *On Behalf Of *Dave Sill
> *Sent:* Monday, March 03, 2014 9:50 AM
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> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] guitar playing robot
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> Exactly, there's no need for guitar-playing robots with MIDI and Pro
> Tools. No doubt this tech has allowed composers to realize their music
> without the hurdle of mastering an instrument.
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> -Dave
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> MIDI is a great composition tool, but I contend that for performance
> purposes, actually plucking the strings on an actual guitar is better than
> digital simulations of each pitch.  Reasoning: plucking a guitar string
> excites resonances in other strings in different ways, depending on which
> other strings are vibrating.  So in theory a MIDI guitar cannot be exactly
> the same as an actual guitar.  MIDI is perfectly acceptable for composing,
> but this guitar robot is the next step, a really cool one.
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