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A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave.
A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave.


For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as Wendy Carlos or [[BP|Bohlen-Pierce]].
For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as [[http://www.wendycarlos.com/resources/pitch.htm|Wendy Carlos]] or [[BP|Bohlen-Pierce]].


There exist several solutions for this problem:
There exist several solutions for this problem:
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A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave.&lt;br /&gt;
A potential source for troubles is the traditional keyboard design, which is optimized for diatonic scales and 12 tones per octave.&lt;br /&gt;
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For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as Wendy Carlos or &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/BP"&gt;Bohlen-Pierce&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
For microtonal music with not more than 12 tones per octave, this is not such a problem - fingerings for non-standard scales can be learned. But it becomes a problem if you need more than 12 tones per octave, or even want a non-octave tuning, such as &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.wendycarlos.com/resources/pitch.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;Wendy Carlos&lt;/a&gt; or &lt;a class="wiki_link" href="/BP"&gt;Bohlen-Pierce&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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There exist several solutions for this problem:&lt;br /&gt;
There exist several solutions for this problem:&lt;br /&gt;
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It has been done, however, e.g. on the 16th tone (96edo) piano:&lt;br /&gt;
It has been done, however, e.g. on the 16th tone (96edo) piano:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;!-- ws:start:WikiTextHeadingRule:6:&amp;lt;h3&amp;gt; --&gt;&lt;h3 id="toc3"&gt;&lt;a name="x-Strategies for more than 12 tones per octave-3) Get an alternative keyboard!"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;!-- ws:end:WikiTextHeadingRule:6 --&gt;3) Get an alternative keyboard!&lt;/h3&gt;
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