article_snippet: an app has digital strings that stand in for a guitar’s, for example, or separate notes and areas so it can be played like a piano, where frets become keys.
article_snippet: The sound of notes can be changed by using guitar techniques on the fingerboard or by strumming on the bridge, as well as pressing hard and softly.
article_snippet: And if you want to play a violin or pedal steel, slide your fingers along the strings to create sweeping fretless melodies.
article_snippet: Instrument 1 (pictured) has digital strings that stand in for a guitar’s, for example, or separate notes and areas so it can be played like a piano, where frets become keys.
article_snippet: If you want to play like a guitar, you can chord and strum in familiar ways,' the start-up's Kickstarter page says. '
article_snippet: In a piano preset, put the start-up's Kickstarter page on your lap and the frets become “keys” like a piano (with up to six stacked octaves at your fingertips!). '
article_snippet: And if you want to play a violin or pedal steel, slide your fingers along the strings to create sweeping fretless melodies.'
article_snippet: the strings can even assign different instrument sounds to different strings, to play several instruments at once.
article_snippet: Tune it all to E-major if you like, adjust the sensitivity, or forget strumming altogether and let it auto-play the notes you press,’ it said.
article_snippet: It's always in tune, and you'll never break a string!
highlights_snippet: Instrument 1 has digital strings and can be used as any instrument .
  