Keyboard for a musical instrument
First Claim
1. A keyboard for a musical instrument of a type which includes means for producing musical tones when the keys are touched, wherein each key of the keyboard represents a particular tone, said keyboard comprising a two-dimensional pattern of at least six horizontal rows of keys and at least six perpendicular vertical rows of keys, wherein the tones represented by the keys are arranged horizontally from left to right in ascending half-steps and are stacked vertically in ascending perfect fourths, and wherein the center-to-center spacing of the keys, both horizontally and vertically, is no greater than about one inch.
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Geometrically, my keyboard is characterized by a two-dimensional pattern of at least six horizontal and at least six vertical rows of keys. The center-to-center spacing between adjacent keys, both horizontally and vertically, is no greater than about one inch. Musically, the tones represented by the keys are arranged from left to right in ascending half-steps or in evenly spaced microtones and are stacked vertically in ascending perfect fourths. In preferred form, my keyboard comprises sixteen horizontal rows of keys and sixteen vertical rows of keys and possesses a tonal range that is slightly greater than the tonal range of a conventional piano.
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- 1. A keyboard for a musical instrument of a type which includes means for producing musical tones when the keys are touched, wherein each key of the keyboard represents a particular tone, said keyboard comprising a two-dimensional pattern of at least six horizontal rows of keys and at least six perpendicular vertical rows of keys, wherein the tones represented by the keys are arranged horizontally from left to right in ascending half-steps and are stacked vertically in ascending perfect fourths, and wherein the center-to-center spacing of the keys, both horizontally and vertically, is no greater than about one inch.
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7. A keyboard for a musical instrument of a type which includes means for producing musical tones when the keys are touched, wherein each key of the keyboard represents a particular tone, said keyboard comprising a two-dimensional pattern of horizontal and vertical rows of keys, wherein the tones represented by the keys are arranged horizontally from the left to right in even microtones and are stacked vertically in perfect fourths, wherein the center-to-center spacing of the keys, both horizontally and vertically, is not greater than about one inch;
- and wherein the keyboard includes at least enough keys so that the first key at the left end of a horizontal row will be the same note as a key at the right end portion of the horizontal row below it.
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