クロマトーン エチュード１番（お花）

[mtsukiyo]

This instrument is chromatone.

[animecosplay1001]

Cool keyboras

[Ocielocique]

Where's the bubble machine?

[Yourname942]

those keys look so overwhelming

[123DTREY123]

O_O WooooooooW cool

[TheLovelyPiano]

Sounds too hollow. And I'm having trouble with 88 keys; don't need any more, tyvm.

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[slobodanulaz]

shiiittttt

[ienjoytaffy]

Now it will only be four months until theirs a video of a cat playing this thing *sigh*

[GordonCSA]

In my opinion, the different finger 'shapes' of the different keys and scales on a standard piano help lend their own feeling to what's played in them. Or at least I certainly feel that way when improvising stuff.

[Envergure]

Maybe that's true for an experienced player who's very familiar with them. As a beginner, I found it to be a nuisance. I've played for two years and I still can only play easily in C and G major, and those two's relative minors.

I've got an Axis-49, and I like it better than the piano layout. Patterns are a lot easier for me to memorize and process, but not always easier to play.

JMTB

[Frets200]

@GordonCSA Key consiousness shouldn't be a matter of shape conciousness.

[brokenmotu]

I agree that this is a great instrument - not to be compared directly to a piano - the piano is very much like 12 different instrument - you do need to learn a slightly new physical pattern to play in different keys - I hardly find this to be one of the piano's drawbacks. I've seen other comments about the traditional layout of the piano and how it's held back the development of music or something - this boggles my mind.

[sexxxymayo69]

what the hell is that thing?!?

[Envergure]

Janko keyboard. It's basically the same as a piano, but with different-shaped keys to make it isomorphic. No more memorizing 12 different versions of each scale!

[CxC2007]

What a wast of time !!! why dont you learn in a real piano or keyboard ??

[Scruffypuppet]

why not play an instrument that's designed to sound the same but less complicated...usually that's considered an advance in technology

[sumting123]

What is the purpose of this Chromatic Keyboard anyway?

Why not use a normal piano or something

[joemo7384]

the chromatic keyboard, i believe, does the the major chords by pressing only one key and it presses 3 notes. chords on a piano are hard to do. i think this chromatic keyboard is like a short cut to playing a real piano.

[pirogo008]

joemo7384 is slightly mistaken, there is still only one note per key - however the layout of the keyboard makes it way easier to transpose, e.g., you can play the same tune one half tone higher, with the same fingering and the tune this talented girl is playing also shows that - on a usual piano you'd have to relearn fingering all over each time due to the traditionally evolved layout of black and white keys.

[pianodan10]

Interesting point! Kind of like a piano roll actually, shows the half steps much more equally... Though half the fun of learning to transpose on a real piano is getting through that obstacle.

[JLMoriart]

... I don't know how many others you will find that, given the opportunity to play an isomorphic instrument (same fingering for every key), would miss transposition in the least, or have ever found it to be "fun". Transposition is a task that may be somewhat rewarding when completed, but it builds and relies on skills not in the least related to musical expression or talent.

[darksideofdarkness]

Sumting123: The world is what someone told us it is, maybe things are not exactly like you think. Please, investigate a bit more before you conclude is useless. Afterall, who determined what is "normal"?

Joemo, you are talking Harmonic Table (i.e. Axis 64) and this ia a Janko Keyboard (I mean Chromatone) and yes someone translated a notation problem in an instrument, but why the hell we have to accept that?? Let's change the music and make it for all!! You can check Thummer out there as well

[beliartheusurper]

Cool kid, wow your parents must crack the whip hard to get you to learn that lol. ;) nice job

[lordmustin]

wow i'm so glad to see sometimes that we really do live in 2007! this is the evidence!

[t0kt0k]

じょうず！

[sumting123]

Joozo!

[jmshl92]

translation

"im going to play the flower"

[joemo7384]

That is amazing, you're very talented. And I am complaining on how difficult my regular keyboard is hard to play. haha.

[groovey12791]

Great job, kid ^^ nicely done.

[PatriarchK]

Nice! Sounds like somthing from Zelda.

[amandasupak]

Wow that's a crazy looking keyboard! Wow and you play really well for 9 years old!