The challenge to gadgets such as “Instacord” and “I could play”, a guitar-like instrument that can be played very easily with the numeric keypad, continues.

Yamaha’s “PC-100” (released in 1982), known for its “playable to me” commercial by Giant Baba, was a keyboard that even beginners could “play” with a little practice.

However, it is necessary to read a magnetic card called “play card” with the main card reader. I can’t play songs without a play card, and I only play the melody line. The instrument that anyone can play with the keyboard is basically this automatic accompaniment melody performance, and the purpose is to convey the joy of getting used to the keyboard and playing music. The purpose was fully fulfilled.

Giant Baba playing “You Are My Sunshine” on PC-100

Yamaha and Casio have all released this type of keyboard, and have recorded some sales.

There is also an instrument called “Ichigoichikai”. A guitar-like instrument that allows you to play chords with just one finger, jointly developed by the acoustic band BEGIN and Yairi Guitar. Simply put, in open tuning with 4 strings (a major chord sounds with an open string), you can hold all the strings together with one finger and move the frets to make the chords sound.

Ichigoichikai

If you write the number of frets corresponding to each chord on the chord notation, 4 strings of that fret will be put together. You can play and talk by pressing it with your index finger. A similar style of stringed instrument is the European children’s three-string guitar “Loog”.

What’s interesting is that the keyboard tries to play the melody, while the stringed instrument tries to play the chord, that is, the accompaniment. If it’s a keyboard, it’s more like playing a melody with a single note, and if it’s shaped like a guitar, it’s more like playing a chord.

Every method is fun to play. I think the reason why simple percussion instruments such as cajon that are struck in the crotch are popular is because it makes me feel like I can play somehow. Moreover, the fact that such “instruments that are okay for beginners” have been developed and sold all the time means that there are many people who want to “play musical instruments”, and that “full” is There are people who want to play the melody, people who want to hit the rhythm, and people who want to strum the chords.

“ Instacode ” developed by Yuichi Nagata (34,980) Yen and tax included) is also an instrument gadget made with the aim of being able to be played even by such beginners. What is interesting is that, in addition to being able to play and talk, the concept is “anyone can play together” and “can participate in the performance”.

“Instacode” 34,980 yen (tax and shipping included). Size: L420xW210xH50mm, weight: 660g. Battery: 3400mAh, operating time about 8 hours, charging time about 8 hours

Most beginner musical instrument gadgets are “one person” The performance is completed with. As for percussion instruments, ensemble is the main thing, but in reality, there is no genre of percussion instruments that even beginners can hit. Percussion instruments are what both beginners and professionals like, and that’s why percussion instruments dominate in many folk music, but that’s a different story.

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