AI-assisted piano plays a key role in allowing disabled musicians to perform Beethoven
The instrument tracks the music’s notes and adds whatever keys are needed but are not pressed, but it stops if a player hits the wrong notes.
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The instrument tracks the music’s notes and adds whatever keys are needed but are not pressed, but it stops if a player hits the wrong notes.
Inside the wood-panelled auditorium of one of Tokyo's most prestigious concert halls, 24-year-old Kiwa Usami presses just one index finger to the piano and summons the colossal swells of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, accompanied by an orchestra and choir.
Designed to assist musicians with disabilities, the “Anybody’s Piano” tracks the musical notes
Performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Yokohama Sinfonietta using an artificial intelligence-powered piano called "Anybody's Piano".
To assist players, the' Anybody's Piano' augments a performance by adding whatever keys are needed but not pressed