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Welcome
Welcome to the Balanced
keyboard website!
The Balanced keyboard is the musical
keyboard which re-arranges the irregular physical layout of the standard
keyboard into a completely regular and consistent, or 'Balanced', layout
(see the pictures on this page). The regular layout of the Balanced keyboard means
that, unlike the standard keyboard, the physical shapes of chords,
scales, intervals and so forth are consistent right across the keyboard, and in all musical keys.
The consistent layout of the
Balanced keyboard means that it is much easier to learn, figure out and
play musical structure than on the standard
keyboard. With a little practice on a Balanced keyboard, you should be
able to move competently through a basic reportoire of chords, scales and melodies in every key.
The Balanced keyboard is currently not a commercially-available product
you can buy in your local music store. However, you can build one over a
weekend by modifying a standard electronic keyboard, an operation which
requires only a basic level of DIY skill - see the Build One
section.
This website provides a range of information and instruction to support
the building and learning of the Balanced keyboard.
I came up with the idea of the Balanced keyboard in 2003, as a spinoff
idea from other projects which I've been working on. However, it turns out
that the idea had already been conceived possibly as far back as 1843 - see the Context/Links section of this website.
I hope you find the Balanced keyboard to be a useful alternative to the
standard keyboard - happy playing!
Bart Willemse
An E-mu Xboard 61 converted to a Balanced keyboard. |
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