Comments on: 6-6 version of Klavarskribo http://evanlenz.net/blog/2008/01/26/6-6-version-of-klavarskribo/ XSLT et cetera Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:53:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Johannes K. Drinda http://evanlenz.net/blog/2008/01/26/6-6-version-of-klavarskribo/comment-page-1/#comment-42078 Johannes K. Drinda Thu, 08 May 2008 17:10:34 +0000 http://evanlenz.net/blog/2008/01/26/6-6-version-of-klavarskribo/#comment-42078 The only other way to adapt Klavarskribo to the Janko keyboard layout would be correcting Klavarskribo's notation, by tediously painting all C# and D# notes white and all E-notes black in each melody... for with Janko it's important to know which notes are which keys, namely; that all white notes are upper or lower row Janko keys and all black notes are middle row Janko keys (of a three row Janko layout). In the meantime I realized why three Janko rows are required to allow for the same major & minor scale pattern in all scales. For instance: To play the key C requires starting in the middle row and then select keys C#, D#, F, G , A or B of the upper Janko row, whereas... to play the key C# requires starting in the lower row and then select keys C, D, E, F#, G# or A# in the middle Janko row and thus, maintaining the same fingering pattern. With only two Janko rows one would need to learn two different fingering patterns for the lot. I'm planing to create a plug-in Janko keyboard for my Synth. This way I can make decrease the key size (to PC size) and shorten its contact time. Now my "glued on Janko adapter" has the zebra piano Kbd. length of 84cm, yet the compact length shrinks it to a mere 67cm (13.4cm per octave). I already bought cheap, single PC switches from here: http://www.alltronics.com/cgi-bin/item/96B006/search/Keyboard%2DSwitch This compact Kb. brings it closer to the advantages of button keyboards; i.e. it allows playing faster, because the keyboard layout is compacter and their contact/ action time is shorter. Important is that the fingers are naturally & comfortably positioned. Thus, the PC keyboard's spacing is perfect. The only other way to adapt Klavarskribo to the Janko keyboard layout would be correcting Klavarskribo’s notation, by tediously painting all C# and D# notes white and all E-notes black in each melody…
for with Janko it’s important to know which notes are which keys, namely; that all white notes are upper or lower row Janko keys and all black notes are middle row Janko keys (of a three row Janko layout).

In the meantime I realized why three Janko rows are required to allow for the same major & minor scale pattern in all scales. For instance:
To play the key C requires starting in the middle row and then select keys C#, D#, F, G , A or B of the upper Janko row, whereas…
to play the key C# requires starting in the lower row and then select keys C, D, E, F#, G# or A# in the middle Janko row and thus, maintaining the same fingering pattern.
With only two Janko rows one would need to learn two different fingering patterns for the lot.
I’m planing to create a plug-in Janko keyboard for my Synth. This way I can make decrease the key size (to PC size) and shorten its contact time. Now my “glued on Janko adapter” has the zebra piano Kbd. length of 84cm, yet the compact length shrinks it to a mere 67cm (13.4cm per octave). I already bought cheap, single PC switches from here: http://www.alltronics.com/cgi-bin/item/96B006/search/Keyboard%2DSwitch

This compact Kb. brings it closer to the advantages of button keyboards; i.e. it allows playing faster, because the keyboard layout is compacter and their contact/ action time is shorter.
Important is that the fingers are naturally & comfortably positioned. Thus, the PC keyboard’s spacing is perfect.

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