Digital keyboard instrument with access to microtonal notes
OwnerMehmet Ali Sanlikolinventor
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a digital keyboard instrument with seventeen keys per octave. Sharp and flat keys are split to produce additional microtonal notes on the upper end of each sharp or flat key while maintaining a traditional keyboard aesthetic. In some configurations, the digital keyboard instrument is configured to produce twenty two notes from the seventeen key octave. This digital keyboard instrument is configured to provide opportunities to musicians to perform a variety of microtonal music with a keyboard that provides ease of use with practical fingering placement.
Claims17
A digital keyboard instrument comprising:
- a body;
- a processing unit arranged within the body and comprising a plurality of microcontrollers;
- and
- one or more total key sets, wherein each total key set comprises:
- seventeen total keys per octave, wherein the seventeen total keys comprise twelve octave keys and five additional keys,
- wherein each of the five additional keys is a split flat key or split sharp key,
- wherein each microcontroller is configured to send a musical signal to a computer when actuated by a key.
A method of manufacturing a digital keyboard instrument comprising a plurality of sharp and flat keys configured to produce microtonal notes, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a keyboard body, a processing unit within the body and comprising a plurality of microcontrollers operably connected to the processing unit, a speaker, and a power supply;
- providing lightweight harpsichord keys representing a plurality of octaves comprising seventeen total keys per octave, wherein the seventeen total keys comprise twelve octave keys and five additional keys, wherein each additional key is a split sharp key or a split flat key;
- arranging each harpsichord key to operably connect to a microcontroller;
- configuring the five additional keys to produce microtones;
- providing digital sampling for each of the seventeen keys per octave for a specified sound.
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