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In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the [[http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html|16th tone (96edo) piano]]. | In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the [[http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html|16th tone (96edo) piano]]. | ||
==3) Get an alternative keyboard![[#alternativekeyboard]]== | ==3) Use Dynamic Tunings== | ||
Some software allows the tuning of midi keyboards to be changed "on the fly", allowing access to more than 12 notes, although not all at once. The main advantage is that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave. The main disadvantages are that certain melodies will be unplayable, such as a rapid passage using more than 12 notes, and this approach only works for midi keyboards, not acoustic ones. | |||
[[@http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/|Scala]] and [[@http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/|Lil' Miss Scale Oven]] have limited dynamic tunings potential. [[@http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html|Alt-tuner]] allows retuning of individual notes (choosing among various ratios or among various EDO degrees), modulating to different keys (either by a specific interval, or to a specific note, or to the current bass note), and switching to completely different tunings, all via keyswitches, foot pedals, the mod wheel, or any midi signal, from any midi device, such as a 2nd keyboard, or even the computer's QWERTY keyboard. | |||
==4) Get an alternative keyboard![[#alternativekeyboard]]== | |||
This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps. | This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps. | ||
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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Microtonal Keyboards</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule: | <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Microtonal Keyboards</title></head><body><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:20:&lt;img id=&quot;wikitext@@toc@@normal&quot; class=&quot;WikiMedia WikiMediaToc&quot; title=&quot;Table of Contents&quot; src=&quot;/site/embedthumbnail/toc/normal?w=225&amp;h=100&quot;/&gt; --><div id="toc"><h1 class="nopad">Table of Contents</h1><!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:20 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:21: --><div style="margin-left: 1em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave">Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:21 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:22: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-1) 12 Note Octave Scales">1) 12 Note Octave Scales</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:22 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:23: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-2) Full Keyboard Scales">2) Full Keyboard Scales</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:23 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:24: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-3) Use Dynamic Tunings">3) Use Dynamic Tunings</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:24 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:25: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-4) Get an alternative keyboard!">4) Get an alternative keyboard!</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:25 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:26: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-List of available generalized keyboards">List of available generalized keyboards</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:26 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:27: --><div style="margin-left: 2em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-Pad controllers:">Pad controllers:</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:27 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:28: --><div style="margin-left: 3em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-Pad controllers:-Links">Links</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:28 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:29: --><div style="margin-left: 3em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-Pad controllers:-DIY links">DIY links</a></div> | ||
<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule: | <!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:29 --><!-- ws:start:WikiTextTocRule:30: --><div style="margin-left: 3em;"><a href="#Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-Pad controllers:-Keyboard Concepts">Keyboard Concepts</a></div> | ||
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<!-- ws:end:WikiTextTocRule:31 -->Pianos, harpsichords and organs are suited for microtonal music insofar as the strings/pipes can, within limits, be tuned to anything desired.<br /> | |||
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In the case of harpsichords and organs, the probablity that tuning issues arise is even slightly higher than average since there is often &quot;old&quot; music (baroque and older, from the pre-well-tempered age) being played on them.<br /> | In the case of harpsichords and organs, the probablity that tuning issues arise is even slightly higher than average since there is often &quot;old&quot; music (baroque and older, from the pre-well-tempered age) being played on them.<br /> | ||
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There exist several solutions for this problem:<br /> | There exist several solutions for this problem:<br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc1"><a name="Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-1) 12 Note Octave Scales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->1) 12 Note Octave Scales<!-- ws:start:WikiTextAnchorRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:2:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc1"><a name="Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-1) 12 Note Octave Scales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:2 -->1) 12 Note Octave Scales<!-- ws:start:WikiTextAnchorRule:32:&lt;img src=&quot;/i/anchor.gif&quot; class=&quot;WikiAnchor&quot; alt=&quot;Anchor&quot; id=&quot;wikitext@@anchor@@twelvenoteoctavescales&quot; title=&quot;Anchor: twelvenoteoctavescales&quot;/&gt; --><a name="twelvenoteoctavescales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextAnchorRule:32 --></h2> | ||
(Terminology from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>)<br /> | (Terminology from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>)<br /> | ||
Use several keyboards whose keys are slightly detuned against each other.<br /> | Use several keyboards whose keys are slightly detuned against each other.<br /> | ||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155" rel="nofollow">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/74155" rel="nofollow">12 note octave scales piano tuning instructions for 41edo</a><br /> | ||
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<!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc2"><a name="Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-2) Full Keyboard Scales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->2) Full Keyboard Scales<!-- ws:start:WikiTextAnchorRule: | <!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:4:&lt;h2&gt; --><h2 id="toc2"><a name="Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-2) Full Keyboard Scales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:4 -->2) Full Keyboard Scales<!-- ws:start:WikiTextAnchorRule:33:&lt;img src=&quot;/i/anchor.gif&quot; class=&quot;WikiAnchor&quot; alt=&quot;Anchor&quot; id=&quot;wikitext@@anchor@@fullkeyboardscales&quot; title=&quot;Anchor: fullkeyboardscales&quot;/&gt; --><a name="fullkeyboardscales"></a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextAnchorRule:33 --></h2> | ||
(Terminology from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>)<br /> | (Terminology from <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.microtonal-synthesis.com" rel="nofollow">www.microtonal-synthesis.com</a>)<br /> | ||
Tune each key of the keyboard to a different pitch. The pitches of the keys keep the property of being arranged in ascending order - but the octave pattern will be different, and there are larger amounts of retuning required.<br /> | Tune each key of the keyboard to a different pitch. The pitches of the keys keep the property of being arranged in ascending order - but the octave pattern will be different, and there are larger amounts of retuning required.<br /> | ||
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In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html" rel="nofollow">16th tone (96edo) piano</a>.<br /> | In the case of acoustical instruments such as pianos, tuning full keyboard scales may even require major changes in construction. It has been done, however, e.g. on the <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.sauter-pianos.de/english/pianos/microtone.html" rel="nofollow">16th tone (96edo) piano</a>.<br /> | ||
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Some software allows the tuning of midi keyboards to be changed &quot;on the fly&quot;, allowing access to more than 12 notes, although not all at once. The main advantage is that the keyboard layout keeps the familiar property that 12 key steps span one octave. The main disadvantages are that certain melodies will be unplayable, such as a rapid passage using more than 12 notes, and this approach only works for midi keyboards, not acoustic ones.<br /> | |||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scala</a> and <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.nonoctave.com/tuning/LilMissScaleOven/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lil' Miss Scale Oven</a> have limited dynamic tunings potential. <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.tallkite.com/alt-tuner.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alt-tuner</a> allows retuning of individual notes (choosing among various ratios or among various EDO degrees), modulating to different keys (either by a specific interval, or to a specific note, or to the current bass note), and switching to completely different tunings, all via keyswitches, foot pedals, the mod wheel, or any midi signal, from any midi device, such as a 2nd keyboard, or even the computer's QWERTY keyboard.<br /> | |||
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This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps.<br /> | This is actually quite an old idea, since in historical tunings of the pre-well-tempered area, there was a demand for differing between flats and sharps.<br /> | ||
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For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list.<br /> | For electronic music, there is meanwhile a number of generalized keyboards that are available or are soon to be available, see followng list.<br /> | ||
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controllers-digital-dj/launchpad-pro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[[http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controll%E2%80%A6/launchpad-pro|Novation Launchpad Pro</a>]]</span><br /> | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controllers-digital-dj/launchpad-pro" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[[http://global.novationmusic.com/midi-controll%E2%80%A6/launchpad-pro|Novation Launchpad Pro</a>]]</span><br /> | ||
<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/CMD-LC-1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Behringer CMD LC-1</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/CMD-LC-1.aspx" rel="nofollow">Behringer CMD LC-1</a><br /> | ||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/" rel="nofollow">Alternative Keyboards group (on Google groups)</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://sites.google.com/site/altkeyboards/" rel="nofollow">Alternative Keyboards group (on Google groups)</a><br /> | ||
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/docs/gridkit" rel="nofollow">Monome Gridkit</a> - Monome DIY kit slashes price of pre-built one.</span><br /> | <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,'lucida grande',tahoma,verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://monome.org/docs/gridkit" rel="nofollow">Monome Gridkit</a> - Monome DIY kit slashes price of pre-built one.</span><br /> | ||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm" rel="nofollow">http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm" rel="nofollow">http://synthzone.com/ctrlr.htm</a><br /> | ||
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<a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newkeyboard.de/" rel="nofollow">New Keyboard (Johannes Kotschy)</a><br /> | <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.newkeyboard.de/" rel="nofollow">New Keyboard (Johannes Kotschy)</a><br /> | ||
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