First Guitar Hero, and next Orchestra Hero?
From the New York Times:
"What is the hottest thing in music right now?
"A pair of video games ? Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
"Anyone can play. The games allow you to become a member of the band. Each game offers a range of pop music hits on game controllers that look and feel like guitars and drums. What makes these video games so much more impressive than “air guitar” is that through the use of something called the instrument game controller the player actually experiences the visceral feeling of performing music.
"You can even improve if you practice.
"So, why not Orchestra Hero?
"What if I could “play” the horn solo in “Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks” on a “controller horn” or the bassoon solo at the opening of “The Rite of Spring” on a “controller bassoon” or a Chapman Stick with Midi drivers? What if I could bang out the timpani part in the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony or the clarinet solo at the beginning of “Rhapsody in Blue”?
"And the good news is that Rock Band will soon be opening its format to classical music!"
Full article in the Times --
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/31/orchestra-hero/
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