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Subject: is there a reason for this
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Original Message 1/18 31-Dec-01 @ 12:31 PM - is there a reason for this
Message 2/18 31-Dec-01 @ 01:14 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
the major scale of c goes tone tone tone semitone tone tone tone cdefgab and so a keyboard is layed out like that.
Message 4/18 01-Jan-02 @ 04:06 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
Message 5/18 11-Jan-02 @ 10:43 AM - RE: is there a reason for this
Hope this is of help
Message 6/18 11-Jan-02 @ 05:10 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
I think that the keyboard is layed out as it is due to a combination of ergonomics and tradition.
and it's not a dumb question at all--I'd be quite interested to find out why the keyboard is layed out as it is.
Message 7/18 12-Jan-02 @ 11:15 AM - RE: is there a reason for this
Message 8/18 12-Jan-02 @ 11:44 AM - RE: is there a reason for this
it doesn't really matter that it's a c scale either. how about a microtonal piano?
Message 9/18 12-Jan-02 @ 09:03 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
old sow got caught in the fence last spring..
Message 10/18 16-Jan-02 @ 06:02 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
Message 12/18 17-Jan-02 @ 08:00 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
Message 13/18 17-Jan-02 @ 10:34 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
i realise there isnt actually a note missing i was just curious as to why E sharp and F flat weren't represented on the keyboard as a black key like all of the other notes. but now i see as bedwyr explained that E sharp and F flat share the same keys as E and F...but why? i dont understand how these two semitones can share the same keys as two notes...i understand its cos its the c major scale etc...but there must be a reason for this setup...or maybe the guy who designed it just wanted to f@*k with peoples heads...
Message 14/18 18-Jan-02 @ 01:52 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
look, it doesn't matter if it's c or z sharp. it's a major scale and all major scales have the tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone sequence.
why do a keyboard based on a major scale? dunno.
maybe they were happier then. ;)
Message 15/18 18-Jan-02 @ 03:33 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
Message 17/18 19-Jan-02 @ 03:46 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
Message 18/18 19-Jan-02 @ 09:17 PM - RE: is there a reason for this
Ape
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