Thank you so kindly sir for a such a fast and helpful response. I had thought about image recognition, such as folk use to improve their golf swing or something like that, but I was afraid of the "real time'' nature needed to give an artificial instrument the feel of a live instrument.
I'm completely new to electronics and want to measure individual finger movements on one specific wind instrument in the hope of either creating a teaching aid or a new form of electronic instrument. Can anybody recommend any components for this? or the best way to do it? My first thoughts were...