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Interactive YouTube Piano Serenades and Annoys Your Friends

by Warren Riddle on January 8, 2010 at 09:00 AM

Interactive videos appeared on YouTube in 2008, but most of them have been limited to basic games and puzzles. A new movement in interactive viewing, though, is taking that participatory experience to a completely different, and awesome, level. A user known as kokokaka3000 has uploaded a new video titled, 'Play the Piano,' and the name is not at all misleading. Just let the vid load (after the break), play specific keys by merely clicking on them, and produce your own YouTube ditty.

Kokokaka isn't the lone pioneer in the YouTube sessions, as a fledgling channel known as InstrumenTube is also providing interactive jamming. InstrumenTube, though, actually offers a growing virtual ensemble. The channel currently allows visitors to play a variety of instruments, including piano, organ, electric guitar, and both electric and stand-up bass. But, unfortunately, there's no auto-complete or corrective technology. So, just like with real instruments, if you're not already practiced, you're going to sound terrible. [From: YouTube, via: Made With Computers]

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