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Here's an experimental musical keyboard which is a MIDI controller based on relativity. Israeli industrial designer Eitan Shefer has created the Samchillian keyboard, taking a novel approach to a musical instrument where you don't play specific notes but select how they relate to the ones before them. For example, if you're playing a C and then want to play a D, you just push the +1 key. There are two directional keys, 16 relative keys and eight finger positions, and when you want to bend the pitch or manipulate the filters, you tilt the unit from side to side. It's also customizable for large or small hands. Check out the beautifully-produced video, and you'll quickly understand how it works. Wonder how difficult it is to learn?
Curvy experimental keyboard from Israel [Music Thing]
Samchillian Keyboard Concept
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11:01 AM on Thu Mar 16 2006
By Charlie White
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+1 would be a C#. +2 would be a D.
Not if you're in the key of C-major.
You can also choose which scale you're playing, so you're both right. Difficult to learn? Not terribly; it's a bit like typing. The problem is, it's all about playing scales, etc.
That thing looks like a vaginal speculum. There, look how she's holding it, and where.
So what if you want to quickly switch keys or play notes out of a certain key... also how do you switch octaves? Any real musician would prefer a keyboard, but might be neat to fool around with (havent looked at price but seems expensive based on the MIDI controller). Im just wondering who designed it because its a rather strange design.
Um... no half steps?
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