Keytar having a dock for a tablet computing device

A keytar, comprising:

• a keyboard body having a front, back, left side, and right side, the keyboard body having a cavity formed therein sized and dimensioned to receive a tablet computer therein;
• a piano-style keyboard on the front of the keyboard body having a plurality of keys;
• a plurality of drum pads on the front of the keyboard body;
• a neck extending from one of the right side and the left side of the keyboard body;
• an electronic circuit electrically connected to the piano-style keyboard, plurality of drum pads, accelerometer and to the tablet computer, the electronic circuit to generate a MIDI note signal corresponding to the state each of the plurality of keys and plurality of drum pads and transmit the MIDI note signal to the tablet computer;
• the electronic circuit further configured and arranged to generate a MIDI continuous control signal corresponding to the signal generated by the accelerometer and transmit the MIDI continuous controller value to the tablet computer.

A keytar, comprising:

• a keyboard body having a front, back, left side, and right side, the keyboard body having a cavity formed therein sized and dimensioned to receive a tablet computer therein;
• an edge on a front of the keyboard body defining an opening into the cavity, the edge having a thickness forming a lip into the opening wherein the lip is configured and arranged to be received partially over the tablet computer;
• a door attached to a rear of the keytar body, the door movable between an open position revealing a second opening into the cavity and a closed position blocking the second opening shut, the door further configured and arranged to compress the tablet computer against an interior portion of the lip when in the closed position.
• a piano-style keyboard on the front of the keyboard body having a plurality of keys;
• a neck extending from one of the right side and the left side of the keyboard body;
• an electronic circuit electrically connected to the piano-style keyboard and to the tablet computer, the electronic circuit configured and arranged to scan the keys of the piano-style keyboard and transmit presses of the keys to the tablet computer.