| abstract |
A method and system (10) which allow even a novice performer to easily play music which is not disharmonious and which is pleasing to the performer and his or her audience. The music is prefrably created by the performer breaking one or more beams of light (15, 17), which are emitted by one or more beam emitters (26) and received, or detected, by one or more beam detectors (28). When a beam detector determines that a beam has been broken, a trigger (51) is sent to a synthesizer (56), with such synthesizer preferably being a computer interfaced to the beam detectors via a universal serial bus connection. The synthesizer selects from one or more electronic sounds, based on a pre-programmed collection of sounds. An amplifier (60) and speakers (62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72) play the sound. |