I've been working on a prototype for an instrument that fits an entire keyboard in a compact space.
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@nickzoic I've never played an button accordion, But they do look neat. : }
I play bass, so making a theoretical "12 string bass" layout was the most logical step for my brain.
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@nickzoic @AceArsenault I'm in the thinking and drawing stages of something fairly similar. Probably a Jankó layout as described at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard but also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_keyboard for others. Not so compact because of its redundancy, but allows easy transposition and can be used for microtonality.
@doctroid @nickzoic That's awesome!
I've seen the Janko layout before. Seems like a cool idea.
Once you get into microtonals, you pretty much have to ditch the old standard 12tone keyboard layout all together.
I wish I had a layout that could play a Septimal harmonic 7th. I play it on brass and flutes all the time, but have no way of playing it on keyboard.
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