[sdiy] Symmetrical Keyboards

[Ben Stuyts]

I might be missing the point but in my opinion a lot of these designs just trade one problem for another. (If you consider it a problem of course.) E.g.: simple tri-tone chord patterns are still dependant on whatever root you’re playing.

More interesting in this respect is perhaps Roger Linn’s Linnstrument. I believe the LED patterns on it are adaptive. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=STz__28Scwc <https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=STz__28Scwc>)

Ben

> On 24 Feb 2018, at 23:29, Dave <dlmanley at sonic.net> wrote:
> 
> Back in PAiA/Polyphony magazine days there was an article about a "new" keyboard layout by Mel Sohler. Here's the patent:
> 
> https://patents.google.com/patent/US4054079A/en <https://patents.google.com/patent/US4054079A/en>
> 
> And a pic:
> 
> https://goo.gl/images/gtP1JT <https://goo.gl/images/gtP1JT>
> 
> I only scanned your linked article but the idea looks very similar.
> 
> -Dave 
> 
> On February 19, 2018 3:37:51 AM PST, sleepy_dog at gmx.de wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> In my quest for old keyboards I accidentally stumbled upon this:
> 
> http://www.le-nouveau-clavier.fr/english/ <http://www.le-nouveau-clavier.fr/english/>
> 
> Interesting. I have thought about that for a long time, but don't know 
> too much about music theory as to come up with an own scheme that makes 
> sense, but alternate coloring to orient oneself on a "not chromatic" 
> (hah that sounds contradictory) layout keyboard, that much seemed obvious.
> So not only I, someone who occasionally plays things by ear and has not 
> pounded scales into his mind, thought something like this could be a 
> good idea.
> It's actually hundreds of years old.
> 
> So one guy mentioned there changed his Kurzweil into a symmetric layout 
> by ordering a lot of replacement 'D' keys. But how to get the extra 
> small keys in there, the keybed would not have support for that?
> 
> Anyway, at some point I might further investigate this subject.
> Maybe a few other people also find this interesting.
> (in one youtube thread a self-professed 40-years virtuoso pianist didn't 
> see the point of alternate keyboards and "scales are no problem, just 
> practise them". But if you have a mind that sees and strongly dislikes 
> inefficiencies and obviously unnecessary work, it's really tough! Lol.)
> 
> 
> - Steve
> 
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