VIDEO: Can monkeys play synthesizers?

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Give a monkey an infinite amount of time at a keyboard and he'll eventually come with the complete works of Shakespeare, say the theorem. But what happens when you give six species of them some synthesizers to play?

That was the question asked by Swedish musician Håkan Libdo, and the answer is revealed in the video above. Maybe Alan Partridge could make a TV show out of it.

(Via Create Digital Music)

Ben Rogerson
Ben Rogerson
Deputy Editor

I’m the Deputy Editor of MusicRadar, having worked on the site since its launch in 2007. I previously spent eight years working on our sister magazine, Computer Music. I’ve been playing the piano, gigging in bands and failing to finish tracks at home for more than 30 years, 24 of which I’ve also spent writing about music and the ever-changing technology used to make it. 

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