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PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A group of California iPhone users say they've turned their wireless handsets into orchestral musical instruments.
The Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra uses amplifiers attached to their iPhones to play avant-garde compositions and perform renditions of popular songs, The New York Times reported Saturday.
Stanford assistant professor of music Ge Wang, who leads the orchestra at the Palo Alto, Calif., campus, told the newspaper he believes the iPhone may be the first musical instrument that millions of users can carry around with them.
"I can't bring my guitar or my piano or my cello wherever I go, but I do have my iPhone at all times," Ge said.
The Times said Ge has invented an iPhone application called Smule that transforms the handsets into simple musical instruments, with one reportedly able to turn an iPhone into a flutelike instrument that can be played by blowing across the microphone and touching electronic "finger holes."
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