AIR GUITAR

Kurv Music, Kickstarter In development since 2013, the Kurv system is made up of three components: a chunky triangular pick, a touchenabled fingerboard that slots over the hand not being used to strum, and a companion iOS app. We started by looking at large surveys of people s hands, said Kurv s codesigner Tania Fauvel. Your fingers can comfortably touch eight distinct places on your palm. In western music, there are eight notes in an octave, eight notes in a scale and eight chords in a The 21 g (0. 7 oz) pick is able to register player movements, and the harder an air musician strums, the louder the resulting sounds. An eightbutton board weighs in a little heavier at 35 g (1. 2 oz) and allows players to press fingers down to play chords or notes, and even bend invisible strings for some Albert Kinglike licks. Between them, the physical Kurv components sport gyros, accelerometers, magnetometers and touch, pressure sensors. Kurv users are promised over five hours of continuous play before batterie