Tapper (demo of the Conductor Program)

[MrHaveaniceday]

What was the last piece played in this demo? Thanks.

[smalin]

@MrHaveaniceday It's Chopin's etude in C-sharp minor, opus 10 #4.

[Laudan08]

How i can plug this to my Yamaha USB keyboard? hee hee :)

[smalin]

@Laudan08  Sure, that should work.

[musicnlongboards]

Sorry but I don't see the point in this. (why do I have a feeling im about to get slaughtered for this comment?)

[smalin]

@musicnlongboards This tool is used in the performances of many of the videos on my channel.

[gerardbedecarter]

Interesting!

[masterastros]

Looks like the pianola demo, it's a free pianola (if you have a Midi input) and with infinite scores. Amazing, I think I'll try that when I'll buy my Midi cable.

[smalin]

Great. Let us know how it goes.

[MLuckman]

great program....Is this new? Do you see any visual music applications the conductor/user generates based on his/her e performance? Should be a great educational tool. BRAVO!

[smalin]

Have you read the article?

[chenierchenier]

so this is for the one who can't play piano?

[Isosphere]

Next step will be the piano playing robot.

Or what do you think?

[smalin]

The next step is music-playing non-musicians.

[furelise454]

where can we get this program?

[smalin]

See "More info" ...

[furelise454]

thanks.. this is a very good demo and it's a great program...

definitely simulating the old style pianola where you can control the dynamics but not worry about fingerings..

[smalin]

What piece(s) have you tried it with?

[furelise454]

I tried with slower pieces first Chopin's Prelude 4 and Prelude 15. Then I tried with Mozart's Rondo all Turca and finally Debussy's Arabesque 1.

It was the most difficult to play Debussy's Arabesque as the intervals of each key stroke was not even - but of course i could have grouped the intervals.

On the whole it was fun and would definitely be useful to understand a piece and might even catch interest of a cognitive psychologist - they like audio/visual tools/experiments.

Great work

[smalin]

I had a student try it with the Rondo alla Turca; it's not trivial!

The first Arabesque gets you into some advanced "Tapper" techniques. One that requires practicing as its own thing is the fingering for the 3-against-2 pattern. Let me recommend one in the next comment ...

[smalin]

hmm, something is broken with YouTube's comments; it says that my fingering comment is longer than 500 characters, no matter how short I make it ...

[aseretkavon]

This is REALLY cool!

[SHKEVE]

Infinitely better than trying to control the tempo of a piece via a knob on my MIDI controller. Good work!

[smalin]

By the way, I used this program to make the performance of my "Fantasy in F" (posted recently).

[jibbajabba311]

kind of like guitar hero, except for the piano...except easier...

whatevs...if I can use it to make some random dumb hot girls who appreciate classical piano, fall in love with me, and take their pants off, there may be a use for this program...

[0KG0Fan]

I don't understand. Are you actually learning anything by doing this?

[xleeca]

well a conductor sits in front of an orchestra or any musical group trying to shape and mold the pacing and dynamics of the whole group.. with this, someone can be in their own room and work out the different sections of a piece of music without needing other musicians or themselves to play the part, so they can just focus on listening instead of playing.

[smalin]

Exactly.

[Apolloswan]

This would be very cool if used in a music appreciation class, perhaps to assign students, like demonstrations of musicality... without all the technical flair. I hope you reply.

[smalin]

I totally agree.

[RockandRolRadio3]

Where can I get one? and how much do they cost. Cause thats the coolest thing i've ever seen.

[smalin]

You can get it on my website, and it's free. Read "About This Video" ...

[RockandRolRadio3]

oh ok, thanks man!

[moneyjr1122]

welll..... nuthen learned yet nothen loss

[wasff]

What is the purpose of that? May I ask.

[smalin]

Did you read the article (under About This Video)?

[KraayZeeEyez]

tss now I´m disapointed,I thought you actually were playing the songs, thats no cool if you were not :(

[EricKomans]

It's not as though he has no control over the song.

[smalin]

Exactly.

[superlopre89]

ma state male proprio non ho capito niente di quello che ha detto pero....cmq non condivido sta roba...ma che e!!!

[erangell]

I once used a similar method for step entry of music where the computer detects a chord based on how many keys are down until all of them are released. The user can delete an incorrect chord by pressing a program change button. Then the user goes back and edits the durations of each chord aurally - the computer plays the chord and the user types a number: 1=whole, .4=dotted qtr, /8=8th triplet, etc. Very fast input method especially if each hand is recorded separately. Feel free to develop it

[xcnote]

I don't understand. So when you press a key, you're not actually playing the note necessarily; you could actually be playing a chord. So how does Tapper know what chord to play?

[smalin]

From the score (a MIDI file).

[xcnote]

So you play the song, save as a MIDI, and then sort of play it again with Tapper?

[smalin]

Yes, or start with somebody else's MIDI.

[wjcarl]

lol, can use to play Liszt^_^

[jgmovieman26]

ok thanks all of your vidios are amazing

[smalin]

You'll find it if you look around for it.

[jgmovieman26]

where can u get this program its awsome

[zagreen]

gee, you're a genius.

[bgpiper]

That's a pretty cool program. Looking forward to seeing more videos.

[dovad16]

A very well done demo. This methodology is fascinating. Thanks.

[atharoth]

great, like all your movies :)

[Funkypotat0]

Very cool, I wish I had a cool keyboard with all the gizmos to do what you do.

I was also hoping that your next video would be The Art of Fugue. =(

[smalin]

The next video I make may be the Art of Fugue; this was something I made last year that I just found when I was cleaning up my hard disk.

[pianogirl98]

Very cool!

[smalin]

My, you're up late.

[christian6657]

amazing

[smalin]

What's amazing to me is that this idea has been in the air for a quarter of a century, but it still hasn't taken off.