If you have a DSi but don't want to drop the cash for a music making game, like Daigasso Band Bros DX or Korg DS-10, you can use this makeshift method of performing tunes.
YouTube user MNCDover found that the "music stamp" used in the DSi Camera mode's Album page makes different musical notes when the screen is tapped. Through experimentation, he found that the notes ascend in pitch to make a major scale as the stylus taps move from left to right. For music nerds, there are three octaves of notes to be played here, and pressing up or down on the d-pad while tapping gives you the accidentals (sharps and flats). Knowing where to tap lets you perform music.
As you'll see in the video below the jump, he makes a grid to be used as a musical guide, which lets him perform songs. And this video from YouTuber nejuer is actually a really nice grid that you can just take a picture of to use right away. I just played "Axel F," which is my go-to song for whenever I am in front of a musical instrument.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
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Beverly Hills Cop!
"Yea, i know, I'm a nerd" Lol.
For that alone? Yeesh, call me complex and snooty for not being so easily amused.