Fun to mess around with. The qwerty keyboard maps nicely (for the default tuning you gave anyway). I found I wanted to be able to hold a chord on the keyboard and play a melody with the mouse, but the system only responds to either the keyboard xor the mouse. Any chance it could be made to work with both at the same time?
Terpstra Keyboard
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Re: Terpstra Keyboard
#62My favorite variant: https://novayashkola.org/janko/ , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_keyboard
Since a year ago, I found that I can play songs by ear on the Janko keyboard far more easily than on standard piano keyboards.
More resources: https://github.com/wcgbg/terpstrakeyboard/ , https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=janko%20keyboar...
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#64This is cool! I want to try to build a hardware midi keyboard using mechanical hall effect switches like this: https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/products/wuque-studio-dash-5... There's a few physical keyboards out there but many are super super expensive.
I've kind of done this, just without the actual "build" part—I instead use a Wooting computer keyboard (which has the hall effect switches you're referring to), and I've written some program to emit MIDI based on key velocity. I've been using it very frequently for a few years, and can confirm it's quite fun to use, though I don't have much experience playing other keyboard instruments and haven't tried to learn it s…
> https://maxdamantus.gitlab.io/bayan/
Here is how to imitate it on the Terpstra keyboard web application: http://terpstrakeyboard.com/web-app/keys.htm?fundamental=261...
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've messed with using a 9-button dance pad as an impromptu midi controller - gives you a full octave and you use the center square as a "rest", but I can't imagine trying to use it in a live setting - it would be like trying to play a guitar in a bouncy castle.
That idea was my inspiration. However I want more than 9 notes. In particular I want major, minor, and 7th chords based as well as the root note.
Is that possible, given that you only have two feet?
Are you looking for a mode which allows you to select a chord rather than just a single note? (One foot for the root, and the other selects single/major/minor/etc)?
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#67For those who haven't ever gotten into microtonal and other non-standard tuned music before, it's a really interesting space. I would highly recommend checking out Kyle Gann's album Hyperchromatica (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbT9oRbu3h8&list=PL1IsImnKxK...), which has a pretty wide variety of pieces/genres, showing the potential of nonstandard tuning. It takes a bit to get used to it but there are brand new colours and emotions that open up here IMO. Definitely worth checking out!
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
That idea was my inspiration. However I want more than 9 notes. In particular I want major, minor, and 7th chords based as well as the root note.
Is that possible, given that you only have two feet? Are you looking for a mode which allows you to select a chord rather than just a single note? (One foot for the root, and the other selects single/major/minor/etc)?
I've been looking at accordion keyboards - with the accordion layout you get 100+ buttons and you only need to push one to get a chord. However at the width of a foot that is too big, and so I'm not sure if I take a simplified layout or just a smaller version of that.
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#69For those who haven't ever gotten into microtonal and other non-standard tuned music before, it's a really interesting space. I would highly recommend checking out Kyle Gann's album Hyperchromatica ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbT9oRbu3h8&list=PL1IsImnKxK... ), which has a pretty wide variety of pieces/genres, showing the potential of nonstandard tuning. It takes a bit to get used to it but there are brand new c…
Highly recommend King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard for microtonal music too!
For example: https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/flying-microtonal-ban...
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#70For those who haven't ever gotten into microtonal and other non-standard tuned music before, it's a really interesting space. I would highly recommend checking out Kyle Gann's album Hyperchromatica ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbT9oRbu3h8&list=PL1IsImnKxK... ), which has a pretty wide variety of pieces/genres, showing the potential of nonstandard tuning. It takes a bit to get used to it but there are brand new c…
To add yet another example for those looking to try out microtonal music, Sevish's track Gleam[1] is upbeat/poppy and surprisingly palatable. It explores the crunchy textures of microtonal while resolving to familiar pop cadences and helped bridge the gap for me to start enjoying the spectrum of microtonal harmony.