Reuther Uniform System Layout...

[jjj]

and of course lets not forget the piano masters - Tchaikovsky, Schumann, Beethoven, Les Reed, Scott Joplin -

 

the list goes on and on......gee I wonder why?

 

It's because they were known mazochists, you silly.

 

What do you need your keyboard for?

Well, I'm fond of the bandoneon and some great sounding soundfonts and love to apply my emotional creativity in playing them.

Tell me, what is the reason for 6 rows of Janko, when 3 do it all?

I wouldn't know the answer, because I only practiced the accordion and have no left hand playing practice, but read somewhere that it avoids crossing the hands.

 

...you stated you had no use of music theory, so why do you bother learning any patterns at all? Thats what most of what music theory is, explaining patterns of notes.

As mentioned, I prefer to learn musical theory the pragmatic way. That's why I'm now able to discover the flaws of the traditional piano keyboard layout.

 

So though I think its neat that the Janko keyboard allows you to play major scale the same way, you are still not learning just one pattern, unless you really believe all music can be expressed through the Major scale

I used to play all my melodies mainly in C-major and A-minor. I know there exists many more scales, but since I never play them, I don't miss them. My kind of musical creativity doesn't require them. So, the Janko layout fits me needs perfectly... and since you bombard me with Greats, consider this:

"If I were to begin my career anew it would be on this keyboard." - Arthur Rubinstein

"This invention will have replaced the present piano keyboard in fifty years' time!" - Franz Liszt

Edited February 8, 2008 by jjj

[Hooves]

I think its pretty cool that somebody came up with the idea, can you direct me to some composers who use the Janko keyboard exclusively for composition?

 

What would really be interesting is to see a side-by-side comparison of a famous piece performed on both systems, to compare ease of playing. It seems like a MIDI program could do this analysis easily if it had the setup for aJnko style keyboard.

 

I know that thier is another system for typing keyboard keys was supposed to be more efficient, but they choose our current "qwerty" system so as to slow down typists so they wouldn't jam the machinery of the old mechanical typewriters.

 

I would still be interested in a Janko MIDI keyboard, mainly becuasde I only barely know how to play any piano, so its not liek I would be relearning something.

[Richard Morse]

I would still be interested in a Janko MIDI keyboard, mainly becuasde I only barely know how to play any piano, so its not liek I would be relearning something.

You can shell out a few yen and get a J

anko Midi keyboard Fed-Ex'd to you within a week!

 

[m3838]

I would still be interested in a Janko MIDI keyboard, mainly becuasde I only barely know how to play any piano, so its not liek I would be relearning something.

You can shell out a few yen and get a J

anko Midi keyboard Fed-Ex'd to you within a week!

 

 

By some reason the site appears to be broken.

So if you are a pianist, this keyboard would be no sweat to relearn to?

And if so, it's a perfect party instrument, allowing you to transpose immediately if the melody is too high/low for the amateur singers?

Cool!

I'll mention it to my daughter.

[Richard Morse]

By some reason the site appears to be broken.

Seems to work fine for me. It's a pretty fancy site with all sorts of stuff going on. Your computer probably needs the latest plug-ins for the site to display correctly (or at all?).

So if you are a pianist, this keyboard would be no sweat to relearn to?

I don't have much idea on that as I'm not a pianist (though I do play piano a bit), though there seems to be lots of people playing the thing (check out youtube.com) even kids.

And if so, it's a perfect party instrument, allowing you to transpose immediately if the melody is too high/low for the amateur singers?

That *is* one of it's big points!

 

-- Rich --