Air guitarists of the world, your days of silent strumming may soon be over.

Scientists in Australia announced Monday they have created a T-shirt that produces sounds to match the strumming of an air guitar.

Dr. Richard Helmer and a team at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization developed the shirt, which has built-in sensors on the elbows that track arm movements.

Information is then sent by wireless technology to a computer, which generates music from the gestures.

While a person wearing the shirt may not be able to play something as complex as a blistering Jimi Hendrix solo, the shirt is designed to match arm movements for guitar chords.

"It's all sample-based, so basically you're choosing a chord, which is a pre-recorded chord being played," Helmer told ABC News in Australia.

"We could do it more sophisticated than that, but that's what we're doing for the demonstrator that we've got at the moment."

Would-be guitarists can play left- or right-handed, Helmer said. The technology has also been tested on the bass guitar, drums and stringed instruments, perhaps paving the way for an air band.

The musical T-shirt is a promotion for a a more serious technology. The main use will be for developing physiotherapy devices in the health and sporting sectors.