The popular microtone

Two ideas I had earlier today

I've seen teaching keyboards that have that keys light up as the practice song is played. This concept could be useful to light up intervals of the performer's chosing on the keyboard being used - such as a 5th every 10th key.

Bring back mini keys - normal key layout but one can stretch much further.
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Great idea!

     I actually wish there was a feature on keyboard where, for example (dead-simple 12TET example)...if you pressed to "C#-major" button all the notes for C# major would light up (the black keys would have to be gray or something semi-transparent to light up, of course).

   You could extend this to have a button with a small selection screen beside it that lets you select both the key style and the root IE
   "C# Locarian"...or even load/program your own scales in to memory to activate the correct keys as lit.
    Plus...how about the ability to light up all possible notes that sound consonant in combination with the keys already pressed that are also within the 7-note key you selected above?
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    Or (for advanced users) a features that lights up possible keys that could form a chord along with the keys already pressed (ALL chords, not just based on a 7-note scale limit)?

   The advanced feature would likely be great for, say, finding all possible chords you can play with your left hand a one-note melody with your right hand (one which constantly switches scales IE "modulates" and doesn't really stay in one scale) in a "monster tuning" like 31TET or 36TET.

  So, what do you think?

-Michael

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From: chrisvaisvil@... <chrisvaisvil@gmail.com>
Subject: [tuning] The popular microtone
To: tuning@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2009, 10:14 AM

Two ideas I had earlier today

I've seen teaching keyboards that have that keys light up as the practice song is played. This concept could be useful to light up intervals of the performer's chosing on the keyboard being used - such as a 5th every 10th key.

Bring back mini keys - normal key layout but one can stretch much further.

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> So, what do you think?

Patent it :) (if possible)
And sell it to yamaha, korg, roland, etc
I'm sure many people will love it.

Marcel

I don't know if one can patent a use like that. Though IBM recently patented a business method for spliting up a bill at a resturaunt when credit cards are used.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Marcel de Velde <m.develde@...>

Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:27:09
To: <tuning@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [tuning] The popular microtone

>
> So, what do you think?

Patent it :) (if possible)
And sell it to yamaha, korg, roland, etc
I'm sure many people will love it.

Marcel