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Google Ventures Gives $600K to iOS App Maker Miso Media

Google has just participated in a seed round for Miso Media, an iPhone and iPad app maker whose product hasn’t yet launched in the iTunes App Store.

The total funding for this round comes to $600,000; other participating angels include Keith Rabois (COO of Square), film producer Laura Ziskin and others.

Miso makes Guitar Hero-like apps that use real guitar fingering, something that’s a bit more interesting to real musicians and more valuable to folks who want to learn to play. In fact, the company even has the sponsorship of C.F. Martin & Co. and the Fender Music Foundation, both heavyweights in the guitar world.

The apps teach users how to play guitar, bass guitar (both four- and five-string), banjo, mandolin and ukelele. Users can learn through scales and tabs, or they can play their way through new and classic songs. Miso’s note-detection tech “listens for the correct note and delivers real time feedback,” according to a statement from the company.

Miso’s applications, simply called Miso Music, have been submitted to Apple and will be available for iPod touch, iPhone and iPad soon.

The app will be available for the introductory price of $2.99. Users can purchase music and instruments within the app for a few dollars more, which makes for a nice recurring revenue opportunity for Miso.

The seed funding will be used to build a larger library of songs for the apps, create a more structured learning system, add more instruments and make more apps for different platforms — and yes, that includes Android, which is part of Miso’s expansion plans.

We’re looking forward to playing with Miso, ourselves. What do you think of the idea behind this app?

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