This is extremely annoying but has the right idea. Why not draw a piano then play it?
more. this shows an IR baton…
building an IR pen
http://kenmooredesign.blogspot.com/2008/11/how-to-make-infrared-led-light-pen-for.html
This one is cool too but a little hacky
Willow from putney school with a homemade IR light board
another one…
By Ken Moore
Using infrared LED’s.
By BestBefore
Opto-isolator plus diode
from notesandvolts.com
http://www.notesandvolts.com/2012/01/fun-with-arduino-midi-input-basics.html
This would be kind of a Mad Libs thing where you would write a story that could adapt to any era by switching out expressions, references, etc., Like the relationship of HTML to CSS.
Midi control using 1 resistor.
I substituted 330 ohms for 220 and it worked fine.
http://arduino.cc/en/Tutorial/Midi
here’s the pinout data for sparkfun midi jacks:
http://www.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Prototyping/Connectors/MIDI-RA.pdf
