BluesMachine is a multi-touch guitar-like user interface for 12-bar Blues improvisation.
Explaining MULTI-TOUCH: BluesMachine can sound up to 2 improvisation notes at the same time.
Explaining GUITAR-LIKE USER INTERFACE: BluesMachine's Blues scale is derived from the one on the guitar fingerboard. But (and this is an important point) notes out of the scale are not accessible.
Explaining 12-BAR BLUES IMPROVISATION: You will improvise over a 12-bar Blues accompaniment of (optionally) bass and drums, whose chord progression you can select from a list of 3 very classic ones.
Controls:
To learn about the BluesMachine's blues scale, click the app's info button.
For comments, suggestions and questions, please send an e-mail to cicconet[at]me[dot]com.
BluesMachine is a small version of a project presented as Talk & Poster at the SIGGRAPH 2009 conference in New Orleans.
Does it sounds good? If so, download the BluesMachine from the iPhone App Store!