Gizmodo: sheet music

This Clip is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers

Rosa Golijan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:20:00 EDT

A normal person sees these birds perched on electrical wires and worries about getting crapped on. Jarbas Agnel looks at them and sees musical notes. Maybe he's smarter than the rest of us because the melody is utterly oh-so-sweet-that-I-could-doze-off-right-now.

Agnel explains that he was simply curious about what sort of tune he could create by transcribing the birds into musical notes. I'm more curious about what would happen if he tried the same with the freckles on someone's back. [Vimeo via Wired]

Sheet Music for Amazon Kindle DX Gets Rid of the, Um, Sheet

matt buchanan — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Good idea or terrible idea? Sheet music on the Kindle. The catalog has 20,000 titles and they're cheap, about $3. Or you can always read a bunch of law textbooks. Fun! [Amazon via Gadget Lab]

Foot-Based USB Sheet Music Turner Pedal

Jason Chen — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:50:06 EDT

Anyone who's played an instrument and knows how to read sheet music can tell you that turning pages in the score while trying to keep playing is a pain in the ass. But with this Page/Score turner from Bili, you can use your feet to electronically turn the "pages" on your computer while your hands are where they're supposed to be—on your instrument. It's not that cheap, costing $59 for the page turner and $99 for the turner + a laptop stand, but if you read sheet music off your computer, it's either this or learning how to use a trackball with your feet. [Bilila]

iPhone Ringtone Sheetmusic: Let Angelic Tinkling Remixes Begin

Charlie White — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:45:51 EST

As the world embraces the iPhone ringer sound, we continue to dissect it here at the Giz, and now NYC musician Andy Neesley helps us out by transcribing the ringtone for us. And hey, this is actually correct. Now those who are musically literate can play it on the piano, get together string quartets to play it, or even work up a rousing rendition with a kazoo choir.

Like it? Here's the MIDI file. Anyone care to create a symphonic version for us? We will fill the firmament with Apple iPhone ring tones. We're going to be fed up with this noise by the time the iPhone's released. – Charlie White

Thanks, Andy!

Electronic Music - Don't Use Pencil

Mark Wilson — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:23:50 EST

Yesterday I ripped on the Hammacher Schlemmer for their lame bike MP3 player. Today I am rummaging through my postal box to pull out my cease and desist selling crappy stuff order.

The electronic music stand allows paperless performances by either scanning your music or downloading it from an 85,000 score library. The image is displayed on a low-glare 12" 1024x768 LCD. Flipping pages is easy with the foot pedal and the stand allows you to make notes via keyboard, stylus or touchscreen. Plus, the unit stores MP3s, setlists and fingering charts, while featuring small bonuses like pitch pipe, midi support and metronome. Apparently the display even has some level of wireless connectivity with PCs and Macs. Sure, $1,400 is a bit of money, but what is the price of never having music soak in a lake of your own spit again ? – Mark Wilson

Product Page [via therawfeed]