A picking interface seamlessly connecting passive and active performance on guitar
Nozomu Yoshida, Katsutsugu Matsuyama · 2020
We have designed an interface that allows a guitar player to manipulate another channel, such as the manipulation of visual effects, while playing the guitar. This interface connects passive and active performance seamlessly. Our goal is to create an interface that immediately reflects the performer's intentions without turning away from the guitar playing motion. We propose a method to distinguish 3 picking states (Chord stroke/Single note/Non-picking) by sensing pressure on the pick and the rotation angle of the player’s index finger. Our brief experiment showed that our method can correctly identify the picking state with high accuracy. We also introduce an application example which manipulates visual and sound effects through our interface.