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Play Otogarden and it’ll help research into musical improvisationMy melodies were shocking
My melodies were shocking
The reason behind Otogarden’s creation lies in Costantino’s research into musical improvisation, an avenue which he believes is underexplored. So, as you run around coming up with melodies on the fly, you’re actually helping demonstrate his research which is a cool thought.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
You canopen up Otogarden in your browser, or download it for Windows and Mac right now, and give it a go. The wooden steps act as a sort of piano, the only thing my brain could work with. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out how to make the pink flowers sound nice, though, as they resemble the crackle of popcorn. In the end I crashed between each of the trees in a sort of terrible drum roll, before exiting the game and opening up Spotify. I’m definitely better at listening to music, so I’ll stick to that.
