{"id":5512,"date":"2022-12-19T09:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=5512"},"modified":"2022-12-19T09:36:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:36:33","slug":"google-blobs-are-back-with-new-classical-music-and-beethoven-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2022\/12\/19\/google-blobs-are-back-with-new-classical-music-and-beethoven-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Blobs Are Back With New Classical Music and Beethoven Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5514\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5514\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5514\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/Blob-Opera-Blob-Beats.jpg\" alt=\"Blob Opera\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google&#8217;s Blob Opera is back to close 2022 with two new arcade-style games, Blob Beats and Beethoven Beats. (Photo courtesy of Google)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Google\u2019s Blob Opera is back to see 2022 out the door and spread the joy of classical music. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZfLYuXi6sDI\">Blob Opera<\/a> was an online sensation in 2021, a machine learning experiment by creator David Li with Google Arts &amp; Culture. Users can create their own song in opera style by manipulating the colourful Blobs on their screens.<\/p>\n<p>Two new games offer users fun ways to explore classical music, including one with a focus on our namesake, Ludwig van Beethoven.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blob Beats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blob Opera Blob Beats offers a mini-game that takes users through five of the most beloved compositions of Western classical music arcade style.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how it works\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2026You can access the new experiment <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/experiment\/blob-beats\/ZgF_e3-CO-iRPw?hl=en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Choose from Beethoven\u2019s Fur Elise, Wagner\u2019s Valkyrie, Vivaldi\u2019s Spring, Mozart\u2019s Turkish March or Offenbach\u2019s Infernal Galop;<\/li>\n<li>Choose from easy, medium or hard level of play;<\/li>\n<li>As the music plays, you\u2019ll be controlling the blobs as they sing;<\/li>\n<li>For PC or laptop, the goal is to hit the S, D, F and G keys to coincide with the notes as they drop into a white circle to make the corresponding blob sing the correct note.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The game records how often you can accurately hit the notes as the piece plays. It also dispenses a few facts about the composers along the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beethoven Beats<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beethoven Beats was developed with Deutsche Grammophon, a brand new game where users only need the keyboard spacer to play.<\/p>\n<p>Play the game <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/experiment\/beethoven-beats\/PgH1UvTSVIvCrQ?hl=en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Users have four seconds to tap out a random rhythm sequence using the keyboard space bar;<\/li>\n<li>The game will instantly match the rhythm with a section of one of Beethoven\u2019s piano sonatas;<\/li>\n<li>It plays the sonata, and invites the user to explore the piece in more depth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The game features recordings by pianist Daniel Barenboim.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative was announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/outreach-initiatives\/arts-culture\/the-blobs-are-back-and-teaming-up-with-beethoven\/\">Beethoven\u2019s 252nd birthday<\/a> as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/artsandculture.google.com\/project\/beethoven\">Beethoven Everywhere<\/a> project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google&#8217;s Blob Opera is back to see 2022 out the door and spread the joy of classical music with two new arcade style games, Blob Beats and Beethoven Beats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":5514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3,30],"tags":[83,82,76],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2022\/12\/Blob-Opera-Blob-Beats.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5518,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512\/revisions\/5518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5512"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}