Nopia is an instrument
A tool. A chord generator that lives inside the fundamentals of tonality. Nopia is technology crafted to immerse you in the experience of a language in real-time.
What language?
Harmony. Tonal harmony.
Nopia is an invitation:
To improvise, learn, compose. Play. Play. Play. Play. Made from emotions and among friends.
A key, a way.
A love letter to music.
Nopia is made by musicians/designers Martin Grieco & Rocío Gal,
and a beautiful team of various other expertises...
A challenging and thrilling experience for sure, moved by passion and patience
(a lot of patience!)
But, whennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn?
Currently completely immersed in development.
In the symphony of time, we’re giving our all to place a Nopia in your hands!
In the meantime,
FAQs
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Can I buy a Nopia?
YES! but not just yet :) we’re working day and night so that all of us can have our own Nopia and play chord progressions and songs forever.
Is it easy to play?
Like any other instrument, it involves a learning curve. We’ll definitely be here to support that exploration!
Like any other instrument, it involves a learning curve. We’ll definitely be here to support that exploration!
Why only one octave?
Each key in Nopia is not a single note but a chord, which then unfolds into variations by using knobs and switches. This octave encompasses the entire chromatic scale, allowing you to play not only sounds from the 7 note diatonic scale but also some more far out chords known as secondary dominants and modal interchange - in music theory lingo.
But do I have to ‘know’ theory?
You don't need to know theory; Nopia takes care of that. We encourage you to compose, improvise, and have more tools to weave harmony, and train your perception! Of course, if you're familiar with functional harmony, we think you’ll get a lot out of it.
You don't need to know theory; Nopia takes care of that. We encourage you to compose, improvise, and have more tools to weave harmony, and train your perception! Of course, if you're familiar with functional harmony, we think you’ll get a lot out of it.
How much will it cost?
We don’t have an exact price point at the time, as we’re still in development, discovering so many things! Aiming for it to be an accessible instrument to music lovers :)
Do you have a release date?
Really aiming for it to be as soon as possible without rushing it out the door!
Really aiming for it to be as soon as possible without rushing it out the door!
Can I eat it?
We get this question a lot, for the time being we’re using non edible materials - Striving to ensure it's as resilient and long-lasting as can be.