When you're bored, sometimes all you need is a good phone app to keep you occupied, and SoundBow is one such app. SoundBow is an android app that will essentially transform your mobile into a musical instrument. All you need are your fingers and a dash of creativity, and you'll be on your way to making a song that sounds like it's being played on a stringed instrument.
The SoundBow app, available for free download on Google Play, was developed by Agoston Nagy. To create a sound or song, you just have to use your fingers to draw curves on the screen. Each curve is translated into a sound corresponding to a "string", so different curves and their arrangement on the screen will produce a different melody. As the app's website says, "Each time your ever-looping gesture hits a string, a sound is produced."
Music-Making Mobile Apps
SoundBow Turns Your Phone Into an Instrument
Trend Themes
1. Music-making Mobile Apps - The trend of creating apps that turn mobile phones into musical instruments is disrupting the music industry by giving people easy access to music creation.
2. Interactive Gesture-controlled Apps - The trend of gesture-controlled apps is disrupting the application industry by providing interactive mediums for users to engage with.
3. Neural Music Generation - The trend of neural music generation using machine learning algorithms is disrupting the music industry by providing unique and new ways to generate music.
Industry Implications
1. Music Technology - The music technology industry can explore and invest in new technology that incorporates app development for easier music creation.
2. Mobile App Development - The mobile app development industry can create new music apps, or collaborate with music technology companies to develop more innovative apps for music creation.
3. Music Education - The music education industry can advocate for the use of these apps as teaching tools to make music education more fun and engaging for students.