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Title: The Simplified Scale and Uniform KeyboardTM


1
The Simplified Scale and Uniform KeyboardTM
  • Now everyone can do music

2
What we need to learn
  • Basic Mechanics of Musical Sound
  • Brief History of Music
  • Complexities of the Classical Music System
  • The Uniform Music System
  • How Technology Helps

3
Mechanics of Music
  • OCTAVES
  • The human ear perceives doubled frequencies as
    the same note.
  • The combination of notes of doubled frequencies
    is so complete it sounds bland and uninteresting
    to the ear.
  • In classical music notation notes of doubled
    frequency are assigned the same letter and the
    interval is called an octave.

4
Mechanics of Music
  • Our western musical taste subdivides the octave
    interval into 12 equal tone divisions called
    notes.
  • Actually the divisions are exponent multiples of
    2x/12 , but we will keep it simple
  • If you line up all of the 12ths in order, it is
    called the Chromatic Scale.
  • A pictorial representation of the Chromatic Scale
    is

High
Low
Doubled Frequency (called octave)
5
Mechanics of Music
  • The preferred musical scale of the western world
    is call the Major Scale. You will recognize the
    Major Scale as Do-Re-Mi
  • If you compare the Chromatic Scale with the
    Major Scale, you will see that the Major Scale is
    a subset of the Chromatic Scale.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
Doubled Frequency (called octave)
6
Mechanics of Music
  • The western culture also prefers that the
    majority of note combinations be in the Major
    Scale as well.
  • The technical term given to these mixes are
    called Chords.

Standard Chords(in red)
ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
7
Mechanics of Music
  • The western culture also prefers that the
    majority of note combinations be in the Major
    Scale as well.
  • The technical term given to these mixes are
    called Chords.

Standard Chords(in red)
ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
8
Mechanics of Music
  • The western culture also prefers that the
    majority of note combinations be in the Major
    Scale as well.
  • The technical term given to these mixes are
    called Chords.

Standard Chords(in red)
ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
re
9
History of Music
  • Brief History of Music
  • Around the 14th century, the melodies and the
    chords were exclusively from the Major Scale
  • Chords using notes outside the Major Scale were
    considered of poor taste and were unacceptable
  • Playing these notes identified by the black dots
    were considered an accident. Thus the term
    accidentals was coined for black notes.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
10
History of Music
  • The organs from the 14th century only had the
    white keys correlating to the white dots below
  • The black notes corresponding to the black dots
    shown below were not played. Playing them was so
    universally unaccepted, they were not installed
    in early keyboards.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
11
History of Music
  • However there existed some mixtures(shown below
    in red) contained within the Major Scale that
    were also undesirable.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
12
History of Music
  • However there existed some mixtures(shown below
    in red) contained within the Major Scale that
    were also undesirable.
  • It was discovered that if the B note(called ti)
    was lowered a half tone,

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
13
History of Music
  • However there existed some mixtures(shown below
    in red) contained within the Major Scale that
    were also undesirable.
  • It was discovered that if the B note(called ti)
    was lowered a half tone,

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
14
History of Music
  • However there existed some mixtures(shown below
    in red) contained within the Major Scale that
    were also undesirable.
  • It was discovered that if the B note(called ti)
    was lowered a half tone, a new pleasing sound was
    realized. This pushing down of the B note was
    called flattening it. This gives us the term
    flat that is used in music today.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
15
History of Music
  • Adding this new note modified the all white
    keyboard to look like
  • Eventually, other mixes of the Major Scale and
    the accidentals keys (black dots) were introduced
    until all of the black notes were eventually
    accepted.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
16
History of Music
  • Adding this new note modified the all white
    keyboard to look like
  • Eventually, other mixes of the Major Scale and
    the accidentals keys (black dots) were introduced
    until all of the black notes were eventually
    accepted.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
17
History of Music
  • Adding this new note modified the all white
    keyboard to look like
  • Eventually, other mixes of the Major Scale and
    the accidentals keys (black dots) were introduced
    until all of the black notes were eventually
    accepted.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
18
History of Music
  • Adding this new note modified the all white
    keyboard to look like
  • Eventually, other mixes of the Major Scale and
    the accidentals keys (black dots) were introduced
    until all of the black notes were eventually
    accepted.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
19
History of Music
  • Adding this new note modified the all white
    keyboard to look like
  • Eventually, other mixes of the Major Scale and
    the accidentals keys (black dots) were introduced
    until all of the black notes were eventually
    accepted.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
20
History of Music
  • The end result in the dot chart looked like this

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
  • The dot pattern above should look vaguely
    familiar. Any guesses as to what?

21
History of Music
  • The end result in the dot chart looked like this

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
  • The dot pattern above should look vaguely
    familiar. Any guesses as to what?

22
Classical Music System
  • Why is the Classical System Difficult?
  • Most songs melodies will stay on a scale as
    shown below. From this set of notes comes most
    of the harmonies that go with the song as well
  • Accompaniment instruments will usually take
    advantage of the standard chords mentioned earlier

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
re
23
Classical Music System
  • Today most multi-note instruments such as the
    piano or guitar use these standard sets of
    Chords.
  • These 3 note combinations are extensively used in
    most western music from rock to romantic.
  • Notice the pattern with every other scale note.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
re
24
Classical Music System
  • Today most multi-note instruments such as the
    piano or guitar use these standard sets of Chords
  • These 3 note combinations are extensively used in
    most western music from rock to romantic.
  • Notice the pattern with every other scale note.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
re
25
Classical Music System
  • Today most multi-note instruments such as the
    piano or guitar use these standard sets of Chords
  • These 3 note combinations are extensively used in
    most western music from rock to romantic.
  • Notice the pattern with every other scale note.

ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
re
26
Classical Music System
  • Using the C Major scale, the first 3 note
    combination would be identified with C-E-G.
  • Because the first note in this triad is note C,
    this chord is called a C chord.
  • This chord is also classified as a 1 chord
    because the first note of this triad, called the
    root, is the first note of the scale.

B
A
G
F
1
1
1
C
D
C
E
D
27
Classical Music System
  • Continuing on the C Major scale, the next 3 note
    combination would be identified with F-A-C.
  • Because the first note in this triad is the note
    F, this chord is called an F chord.
  • This chord is also classified as a 4 chord
    because the root(first note) of this triad, is
    the fourth note of the scale.

B
A
G
F
4
4
4
C
D
C
E
D
28
Classical Music System
  • Also on the C Major scale, the last 3 note
    combination would be identified with G-B-D.
  • Because the root in this triad is the note G,
    this chord is called a G chord.
  • This chord is also classified as a 5 chord
    because the root of this chord is the fifth note
    of the scale.

B
A
G
F
5
5
5
C
D
C
E
D
29
Classical Music System
  • So, to summarize what we have learned so far for
    the C Scale

The 3 main chords for the C scale are comprised
of
B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
30
Classical Music System
  • So, to summarize what we have learned so far for
    the C Scale

The 3 main chords for the C scale are comprised
of
  • The C chord made of CEG. Classified as a 1 chord

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
31
Classical Music System
  • So, to summarize what we have learned so far for
    the C Scale

The 3 main chords for the C scale are comprised
of
  • The C chord made of CEG. Classified as a 1 chord
  • The F chord made of FAC. Classified as a 4 chord

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
32
Classical Music System
  • So, to summarize what we have learned so far for
    the C Scale

The 3 main chords for the C scale are comprised
of
  • The C chord made of CEG. Classified as a 1 chord
  • The F chord made of FAC. Classified as a 4 chord
  • The G chord made of GBD. Classified as a 5 chord

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
33
Classical Music System
The term that is given to a song that uses the C
scale and its corresponding cord set is called
the Key of C. However, only a portion of all
music is written in the Key of C. What does
another Key look likefor example the Key of D?
ti
la
so
fa
do
re
do
mi
re
34
Classical Music System
  • To understand the Key of D, we have to rearrange
    the scale. Our scale of C, will not work with
    the key of D.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
35
Classical Music System
First, we need to have some new notes added on
the right of our scale because the key of D will
need these new notes.
B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
36
Classical Music System
First, we need to have some new notes added on
the right of our scale because the key of D will
need these new notes.
B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
37
Classical Music System
First, we need to have some new notes added on
the right of our scale because the key of D will
need these new notes.
Notes from next octave.
B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
38
Classical Music System
  • Remember our old scale of C?

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
39
Classical Music System
  • Remember our old scale of C?
  • These red circles are a distinct pattern for the
    major scale. This pattern must be adhered to for
    western style music.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
40
Classical Music System
  • To make a scale of D, we have to keep the same
    note pattern but now we have to shift the pattern
    so that the major scale starts on D.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
41
Classical Music System
  • To make a scale of D, we have to keep the same
    note pattern but now we have to shift the pattern
    so that the major scale starts on D.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
42
Classical Music System
  • To make a scale of D, we have to keep the same
    note pattern but now we have to shift the pattern
    so that the major scale starts on D.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
43
Classical Music System
  • To make a scale of D, we have to keep the same
    note pattern but now we have to shift the pattern
    so that the major scale starts on D.

Now we have the scale of D
B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
44
Classical Music System
Lets look at the differences compared to the C
scale
B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
45
Classical Music System
  • Lets look at the differences compared to the C
    scale
  • These notes are not used in the D scale

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
46
Classical Music System
  • Lets look at the differences compared to the C
    scale
  • These notes are not used in the D scale.
  • These are new notes in our D scale.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
47
Classical Music System
  • Lets look at the differences compared to the C
    scale
  • These notes are not used in the D scale.
  • These are new notes in our D scale.
  • These notes are reused in our D scale.

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
48
Classical Music System
  • Lets look at the differences compared to the C
    scale
  • These notes are not used in the D scale.
  • These are new notes in our D scale.
  • These notes are reused in our D scale.
  • The new notes are called F and C

B
A
G
F
C
C
D
C
E
D
E
F
49
Classical Music System
Comparison Key of C/Key of D
Our old scale of C was the white notes
C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C. Now our D scale is
D,E,F,G,A,B,C,D. Now our 1, 4 and 5 chords are
D,F,AG,B,Dand A,C,E respectively. These
chords have the same scale configurations as the
C scale, just shifted to the right.
1 chord
4 chord
5 chord
B
A
G
F
C
C
D
C
E
D
E
F
50
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys

51
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys

52
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys
  • For the Key of C, our chords are C

53
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys
  • For the Key of C, our chords are C

54
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys
  • For the Key of C, our chords are C,F,

55
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys
  • For the Key of C, our chords are C,F,

56
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys
  • For the Key of C, our chords are C,F, and G

57
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of C, our scale is all of the white
    keys
  • For the Key of C, our chords are C,F, and G

58
Classical Music System
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.

59
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.

F
C
not used
not used
60
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.
  • Our 1, 4 and 5 chords are D

61
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.
  • Our 1, 4 and 5 chords are D

62
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.
  • Our 1, 4 and 5 chords are D,G

63
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.
  • Our 1, 4 and 5 chords are D,G

64
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.
  • Our 1, 4 and 5 chords are D,G and A

65
Classical Music System
  • How does a Key change affect our playing on the
    keyboard.
  • For the Key of D, our scale has changed to these
    keys.
  • Our 1, 4 and 5 chords are D,G and A

66
Classical Music System
  • Now you can start to see the complexity of the
    classical music system. Here are the basic
    problems
  • There are 15 possible keys. We have looked into
    only 2 of those 15.
  • Each Key requires a different scale and chord set
    that needs to be memorized.
  • Too much rigor to reach even a novice level of
    proficiency is required for each key.
  • In fact, each key has its own customized staff
    that has to be memorized for that key.

67
Classical Music System
Here is how the music staff represents the notes
of the C scale without sharps or flats.
With the Key of D, as we saw earlier, the F and
the C are sharped. Although there is no visible
difference in the look of the notes, the staff
with the sharps has to be memorized differently
and played differently.
G
F
E
D

C
B
A
G

F
E
D
C
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
C
B
A
G
F
E
D
C
68
Classical Music System
Here are the total possible G clef configurations
69
Classical Music System
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Classical Music System
WHEW. Imagine having a song with a key change in
itor maybe even two key changes!! All I wanted
to do was write some worship songs to God. I
said to God I do not have the time or patience
to learn this. With some prayer and
supernatural inspiration, God has made it so
that you(and I) DO NOT NEED TO LEARN IT
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Uniform Music System
THE UNIFORM MUSIC SYSTEM
  • Lets rethink the whole system and see if we can
  • engineer an intuitive Uniform Music System
  • First, lets remove the old system nomenclature
    and temporarily remove the red scale indicator

B
A
G
F
C
D
C
E
D
E
72
Uniform Music System
  • Lets rethink the whole system and see if we can
  • engineer an intuitive Uniform Music System
  • First, lets remove the old system nomenclature
    and temporarily remove the red scale indicator

73
Uniform Music System
  • Lets rethink the whole system and see if we can
  • engineer an intuitive Uniform Music System
  • First, lets remove the old system nomenclature
    and temporarily remove the red scale indicator
  • Now lets reorder the black and white dots to
    something that is more organizedlets try blacks
    on top and whites on bottom.

74
Uniform Music System
  • Lets rethink the whole system and see if we can
  • engineer an intuitive Uniform Music System
  • First, lets remove the old system nomenclature
    and temporarily remove the red scale indicator
  • Now lets reorder the black and white dots to
    something that is more organizedlets try blacks
    on top and whites on bottom.

75
Uniform Music System
  • Now that we have organized the blacks and whites,
    lets plot our red scale stencil now and see how
    our key patterns have changed.

76
Uniform Music System
  • Now that we have organized the blacks and whites,
    lets plot our red scale stencil now and see how
    our key patterns have changed.
  • Our pattern is 3 whites, 4 blacks then repeat.
    This is symbolized by 3W4B.

Doubled Frequency (called octave)
77
Uniform Music System
At this point, you may say, How is this any
better than the other system, it looks just as
complicated. Well, lets shift our scale
indicator to a new key and see what happens.
78
Uniform Music System
At this point, you may say, How is this any
better than the other system, it looks just as
complicated. Well, lets shift our scale
indicator to a new key and see what happens.
79
Uniform Music System
At this point, you may say, How is this any
better than the other system, it looks just as
complicated. Well, lets shift our scale
indicator to a new key and see what
happens. ..hmmm. Same pattern 3W4B. Lets try
again.
80
Uniform Music System
At this point, you may say, How is this any
better than the other system, it looks just as
complicated. Well, lets shift our scale
indicator to a new key and see what
happens. ..hmmm. Same pattern 3W4B. Lets try
again.
81
Uniform Music System
At this point, you may say, How is this any
better than the other system, it looks just as
complicated. Well, lets shift our scale
indicator to a new key and see what
happens. ..hmmm. Same pattern 3W4B. Lets try
again..same!
82
Uniform Music System
I think that you can see pretty quickly that no
matter where you shift your scale to, the
fingering remains the same.
83
Uniform Music System
I think that you can see pretty quickly that no
matter where you shift your scale to, the
fingering remains the same..same
84
Uniform Music System
I think that you can see pretty quickly that no
matter where you shift your scale to, the
fingering remains the same..same.and same.
85
Uniform Music System
With the Classical system, every shift causes an
entirely different group of black and white keys
to be required. With the Uniform System, every
shift results in the same exact key set.
86
Uniform Music System
What affect does this have on the chords?
87
Uniform Music System
  • What affect does this have on the chords?
  • Lets check it out
  • The 1 chord in this key is shown below. WWB

88
Uniform Music System
The next key
89
Uniform Music System
The next key
90
Uniform Music System
  • The next key has the same configuration for the 1
    chord..WWB

91
Uniform Music System
  • The next key has the same configuration for the 1
    chord..WWB
  • Guess what the 1 chord configuration is for the
    next Key?

92
Uniform Music System
  • The next key has the same configuration for the 1
    chord..WWB
  • Guess what the 1 chord configuration is for the
    next Key?

93
Uniform Music System
  • The next key has the same configuration for the 1
    chord..WWB
  • Guess what the 1 chord configuration is for the
    next Key?.you guessed it.the SAME!!! WWB

94
Uniform Music System
  • You saw earlier that all the scales have the same
    note pattern in every key.
  • You have just seen that the 1 chord has the same
    note pattern in every key.
  • I think it easy to convince you that the 4 and 5
    chords are also exactly the same in every key as
    well.

95
Uniform Music System
  • The only variation is playing in a key that
    starts on a black key. In that case, all of the
    patterns are inverted. For example, see the
    scale template below.
  • However, once having learned how to play in a key
    starting on a black note, you can play in all the
    keys starting on a black note

96
Uniform Music System
  • The only variation is playing in a key that
    starts on a black key. In that case, all of the
    patterns are inverted. For example, see the
    scale template below.
  • However, once having learned how to play in a key
    starting on a black note, you can play in all the
    keys starting on a black note

97
Uniform Music System
  • The only variation is playing in a key that
    starts on a black key. In that case, all of the
    patterns are inverted. For example, see the
    scale template below.
  • However, once having learned how to play in a key
    starting on a black note, you can play in all the
    keys starting on a black note

98
Uniform Music System
  • It becomes obvious how our new keyboard
    arrangement will look.

99
Uniform Music System
  • It becomes obvious how our new keyboard
    arrangement will look.
  • However, you have to identify a place where your
    scale starts.

100
Uniform Music System
  • It becomes obvious how our new keyboard
    arrangement will look.
  • However, you have to identify a place where your
    scale starts.
  • For now, lets make one key different than the
    others as a reference.

101
Uniform Music System
  • Now the question is what type of nomenclature to
    use.
  • The old system will no longer work so lets start
    over new.

102
Uniform Music System
  • Now the question is what type of nomenclature to
    use.
  • The old system will no longer work so lets start
    over new.
  • Lets use dual letter-number system

103
Uniform Music System
  • Instead of starting the letters on C, we will use
    A because it is the beginning of the alphabet as
    well as our scale.
  • Our scale is now the set of notes signified by
    ABC3456.

104
Uniform Music System
  • Instead of starting the letters on C, we will use
    A because it is the beginning of the alphabet as
    well as our scale.
  • Our scale is now the set of notes signified by
    ABC3456.
  • Our 1,4 and 5 chords are AC4

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  • Instead of starting the letters on C, we will use
    A because it is the beginning of the alphabet as
    well as our scale.
  • Our scale is now the set of notes signified by
    ABC3456.
  • Our 1,4 and 5 chords are AC4, 35A

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  • Instead of starting the letters on C, we will use
    A because it is the beginning of the alphabet as
    well as our scale.
  • Our scale is now the set of notes signified by
    ABC3456.
  • Our 1,4 and 5 chords are AC4, 35A and 46B

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  • Instead of starting the letters on C, we will use
    A because it is the beginning of the alphabet as
    well as our scale.
  • Our scale is now the set of notes signified by
    ABC3456.
  • Our 1,4 and 5 chords are AC4, 35A and 46B
  • Remember, the hand positions for these chords are
    the same in every key!!

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For the key of A The 1 chord
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For the key of A The 1 chord For the key of B
The 1 chord
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For the key of A The 1 chord For the key of B
The 1 chord For the key of C The 1 chord
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For the key of A The 1 chord For the key of B
The 1 chord For the key of C The 1 chord For
the key of D The 1 chord
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For the key of A The 4 chord
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For the key of A The 4 chord For the key of B
The 4 chord
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For the key of A The 4 chord For the key of B
The 4 chord For the key of C The 4 chord
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For the key of A The 4 chord For the key of B
The 4 chord For the key of C The 4 chord For
the key of D The 4 chord
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  • The classical staff no longer applies because
    sharps and flats are no longer used.
  • Again, lets start from scratch. Lets use
    something that makes more sense.
  • The staff is made of black lines and white
    spaces. Our keyboard is black keys and white
    keys. Can we use that to our advantage?

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You bet we can. We have 6 black keys and 6 white
keys per octave. How about 6 black lines and 6
white spaces per octave on the staff?
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What does our Scale now look like for the first
octave? What you see is what you play.
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White spaces are white keys.
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White spaces are white keys. Black lines are
black keys.
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Suppose you change to the key of B?
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Suppose you change to the key of B?
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Suppose you change to the key of B?
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Suppose you change to the key of B? NO PROBLEM
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  • Lets summarize the advantages
  • No sharps or flats
  • What you see is what you play
  • Everyone can inherently change keys
  • All chord structures are the same in all keys
  • Learning keys starting on black notes come
    naturally because they are inverted to the white
    keys.

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Now there is one more problem with the classical
music system as it applies to pianos. All scale
fingerings and chord fingerings are inverted when
the left hand is compared to the right. If our
fingers are numbered 1 through 5 from thumb to
pinkie, the A chord of AC4 would be a fingering
of 1,3,5 on the right hand. However, the left
hand fingering would be 5,3,1. Learning
different fingerings of left vs. right for the
piano is a major obstacle to overcome because
humans are biologically symmetrical
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  • We have already changed the face of the piano to
    accommodate a more accurate sight/sound
    relationship, what could be changed on the piano
    to accommodate the humans biological symmetry?

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  • Seeing that our left hand is symmetrically
    inverted to our right hand, what on the piano
    could be physically inverted so that our left
    hand does not have to play inverted?

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  • Seeing that our left hand is symmetrically
    inverted to our right hand, what on the piano
    could be physically inverted so that our left
    hand does not have to be?
  • HOW ABOUT THE KEYBOARD ITSELF!!!

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A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
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  • How does this affect our fingerings?
  • Fingering for the A scale on the right hand is
    12312345
  • Fingering for the A scale on the left hand is
    12312345
  • Again, the same.

A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
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What about chords? Here is the 1 chord.
Fingering 1,3 and 5 for both hands.
6
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2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
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4
5
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
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  • What about chords?
  • Here is the 1 chord. Fingering 1,3 and 5 for
    both hands.
  • Here is the 4 chord. Fingering 1,3 and 5 for
    both hands.

6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
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  • What about chords?
  • Here is the 1 chord. Fingering 1,3 and 5 for
    both hands.
  • Here is the 4 chord. Fingering 1,3 and 5 for
    both hands.
  • Here is the 5 chord. Fingering 1,3 and 5 for
    both hands.
  • Notice the same configurations for 3 chords!!!

6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
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4
5
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
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I believe that you can see that for you to become
an expert at the traditional keyboard you have to
learn the scale and chord fingerings for 15
different keys on both the left and right hand.
With the Uniform System the Treble and Bass clefs
are exactly the sameno more cows eating grass
or good boys doing fine to learn the staff. The
Uniform Music System only requires you to learn 2
scale and chord fingerings. One configuration
for the white keys and one configuration for the
blacks THATS IT!!!!!
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
4
5
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
B
C
D
E
F
A
B
C
D
E
F
A
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How Technology Helps
Technological Advantages and Answers
Now, one question is How can I learn this
because no music for the Uniform Staff exists.
Another question is Where will I get a piano
that has a Uniform Keyboard? The answer lies
with technology. No concert pianos with the
Uniform Keyboard yet exist. However, a prototype
electronic Uniform Keyboard already exists.
These keyboards could be available for less than
100. Software would also exist to easily
convert classical staff to Uniform staff.
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4
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A
B
C
D
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F
A
B
C
D
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F
B
C
D
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F
A
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A
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Summary
  • Clearly this is a paradigm shift in the music
    world. This will enable large numbers of people
    to write and play music who otherwise did not
    have the time or ability to learn the classical
    system.
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