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US 2026/0112347 A1Published application
Method for rapid transposition of electronic musical keyboards
OwnerDavid John Reynoldsinventor
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Claviation is a rapid and intuitive method for transposing an electronic musical keyboard in real time—fast enough to support key changes during play using the keys themselves. The player enters transposition mode via a pedal or button and presses two keys in sequence to define the transposition interval. These two presses are muted to avoid disrupting the music. This three-step action is as efficient as a musical triplet, easily fitting within a beat and becoming faster with practice. Crucially, claviation requires no calculation, naming, or conceptualizing of intervals. It enables the player to keep scales primarily on the white keys, even through key changes, eliminating the need to learn key signatures and multiple fingerings. A piece learned in one key is effectively learned in all. Claviation accelerates learning, enhances improvisation, and preserves spatial patterns across key changes, making the keyboard easier to learn, understand, and compose music on.
A process for effecting a transposition change in an electronic musical keyboard instrument environment, the process comprising:
An apparatus for effecting a transposition change in an electronic musical keyboard instrument environment, the apparatus comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an electronic musical keyboard instrument environment, enable the environment to:
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