Google doodles Les Paul with playable digital guitar June 9, 2011 - 10:34 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A guitar-themed interactive Google Doodle on Thursday, June 9, paid tribute to American inventor and "guitar hero" Lester William Polsfuss (Les Paul). Visitors to Google's homepage were greeted with a set of guitar strings of varying lengths that spelled "Google" to mark what would have been Paul's 96th birthday. Hovering the mouse or pointing device over the strings would produce a specific note. You can also bang out chords and tunes by clicking on the "keyboard" icon on the lower right. Clicking on the doodle will take the visitor to a set of Google search results for "Les Paul," GMA News reports. Paul is credited for popularizing innovations such as delay effects, phasing effects and multi-track recording. He also collaborated on the design of the iconic "Gibson Les Paul" electric guitar. The Les Paul Online website said he had a "staggeringly huge influence over the way American popular music sounds today, that many tend to overlook his significant impact upon the jazz world." Among the jazzers who acknowledge his influence are George Benson, Al DiMeola, Stanley Jordan (whose neck-tapping sound is very reminiscent of Paul's records), Pat Martino and Bucky Pizzarelli, the site said.   Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020."   Partner news Most popular in the section |  Latest news “Great success”: Pashinyan pleased with new border protocol  Pashinyan has described the signing by Armenia and Azerbaijan of a protocol on delimitation in Tavush as “a great success”.Armenia, Azerbaijan sign protocol on demarcation coordinates Armenia’s government took on May 15 another step towards handing over four border areas to Azerbaijan.U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children |
