Guitar playing system and methods of operating the same

Abstract

A guitar playing unit includes a touch panel with a plurality of touch sensitive regions electronically connected to a microcontroller; a solenoid board supporting a plurality of solenoids, each touch sensitive region of the plurality of touch sensitive regions is associated with and electronically connected to at least one solenoid of the plurality of solenoids, each solenoid being in fluid communication with an air source; a manifold unit including a plurality of air holes, wherein each air hole of the plurality of air holes is in fluid communication with at least one solenoid of the plurality of solenoids; a plurality of pistons in fluid communication with the plurality of air holes, each piston of the plurality of pistons includes a piston head configured to engage a string of a guitar at a fret location; and a neck clamping unit configured to secure the guitar playing unit to a neck of the guitar.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.