A student created a guitar with pickups on the neck: you can play it with one hand

Unlike push-button prototypes, the new guitar uses strings, which brings the feel as close as possible to

from game to real.The development has several modes: standard, one-handed play and even one-finger play. If on a regular guitar you need to apply some force to make the tightly stretched strings “sound,” then here you just need to touch the string in the right place. Special sensors on the fretboard read the position of your fingers and trigger the electronics to reproduce the sound of a note from the samples loaded into it, just like on a synthesizer.

I have long dreamed of picking up a guitar and performingfavorite rock hits. However, Duchenne muscular dystrophy prevented me from progressing in my studies. I didn’t give up, continued training, tried to master the chords. During another futile attempt, I realized that I was not the only one. There are still millions of people who dream of feeling like a rock star, but do not have this opportunity due to health conditions or injuries.

Denis Goncharov, founder of Noli Music, ITMO student

The inventors took another principle fromsynthesizer - highlighting the desired notes. On a new guitar, you can turn on the mode when you can see on the fretboard which string you need to touch and where. A specially developed application will allow you to control the accuracy of the game. It will tell you whether you managed to get into the rhythm and whether those chords were jammed. “You turn on the interactive learning mode, and you have it highlighted which chord you need to play now. Just click where the lights are on and play, and the app on your phone gives you feedback. This will make it much easier for you to learn, ”said the technical director of the startup Maxim Matveytsov.

Guitar writers are confident that the app will dodevelopment is even more attractive to a wide range of people. It will include a professional guitar course from a music teacher from Singapore with 18 years of experience. Despite the fact that the project is still being finalized, the startup already has pre-orders from Russia and America.

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