I thought it was very interesting how something so simple was able to make me zone in. Even though I can only control the rythm and velocity, it really felt as if I was playing somehow.
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#72Funnily enough, I found gymnopédie #1 harder to play, even if I actually already played on the piano. Its like if muscle memory of actual piano was fighting it.
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#73Does anyone know how this does the playback in the browser?
Is it WebAudio?
I tried to reverse engineer it but couldn't figure it out.
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#74Nah, it's no good. Especially with the Moonlight Sonata. Each chord in a bar requires both left and right hand notes. I try to press a key with each hand, but that counts as two keystrokes, whereas it should only count for one. It teaches the wrong muscle memory, definitely some work needed around chords.
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#75Nah, it's no good. Especially with the Moonlight Sonata. Each chord in a bar requires both left and right hand notes. I try to press a key with each hand, but that counts as two keystrokes, whereas it should only count for one. It teaches the wrong muscle memory, definitely some work needed around chords.
You is doing it wrong. This game is not about chords, it's about tempo.
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#76Great choice of song! If you ever have access to a piano, I highly recommended trying to fumble your way through Beethoven's moonlight sonata, even if you don't know how to play piano. Not quite sure how to put it into words, but it's absolutely exhilarating hearing your own fingers produce these huge sounds and intense chord progressions. Every time I managed to find the right chord I'd get such a rush. "Oh no he di…
The first movement is one of the only pieces I can play on the piano. Yes indeed, anyone can learn it! I came from a musical family, but never really put the effort into learning the piano.
I'm not sure where I heard this, but Beethoven wrote this for one of his students that he was in love with. The first movement was purposefully written for a newcomer to be able to play--such as for whom he admired, but the third movement was a representation of his anger over being rejected, and is one of the hardest piano pieces to play.
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#77Same energy:
https://hackertyper.net/
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#78It seems like the Android version is not (yet) available despite it being advertised for Android.
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#79Great choice of song! If you ever have access to a piano, I highly recommended trying to fumble your way through Beethoven's moonlight sonata, even if you don't know how to play piano. Not quite sure how to put it into words, but it's absolutely exhilarating hearing your own fingers produce these huge sounds and intense chord progressions. Every time I managed to find the right chord I'd get such a rush. "Oh no he di…
Not sure that was the goal, but the text accompanying the first run makes it seem like I'm supposed to get the rhythm exactly in the spacing indicated on paper/screen. But one thing I love about the moonlight sonata is exactly how amazing one can play with the spacing of the notes. So yeah, I had a lot of fun with this but I'm not sure it's the best choice of piece. :P
Indeed! I think this is what makes this so fun. I can also highly recommend listening to various recordings of the moonlight sonata and notice how different it is depending on the precise timing the pianist uses.
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#80Oh man! Thank you for posting this. I saw this here on HN years ago and loved it, and then could never find it again. Judging by the YouTube videos linked from the page, it looks like 8 years ago?! I got chills playing through it. Awesome to see that it's still up on the internet after all those years. It's interesting to compare the comments here to the original launch 8 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?…
Wow!