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I'd love to be able to rearrange the sequence of the keys in some way - i.e. I'd love to have keys R1 through R8 move up a scale and then continue up the scale with L1 through L8 (of course, I'd love to be able to use L9 & R9 as well, but that's another story, he he). The reason for this is that it's difficult to play counterpoint on the Pico because my hands get in the way of each other, and it would work better if I can seperate the each of the two "vertical" strips as a continuous sequence of notes that would give me more flexibility in keeping my hands apart.

I initially thought I could possible do this by defining a user scale that was out of sequence. and continued above note 12. For instance, using a chromatic scale as an example, I could have a scale defined as "1 2 3 4 9 10 11 12 5 6 7 8 13 14 15 16". But it appears that the order has to be from high to low and that you cannot go above note 12 in a scale.

Can anyone see any way of doing this?

Tony

Sorry - double post

I tried it and got it to work! The ACTUAL major scale formula for get a vertical major scale starting for the upper right is this:

[major vertical RL]
intervals=0 2 4 5 14 16 17 19 7 9 11 12 21 23 24 26


and to get it starting from the upper LEFT (which seems more natural for piano playing) is this:

[major vertical LR]
intervals=14 16 17 19 0 2 4 5 21 23 24 26 7 9 11 12 -1

Like fzzy said, I'm not sure why you need the -1 here, but without it, the last note on the left side (L8) always will play the highest note of the scale.


And here are some other vertically aligned scales fo anyone who would like to just cut and paste:

[natural minor vertical RL]
intervals=0 2 3 5 14 15 17 19 7 8 10 12 20 22 24 26

[natural minor vertical LR]
intervals=14 15 17 19 0 2 3 5 20 22 24 26 7 8 10 12 -1

[harmonic minor vertical RL]
intervals=0 2 3 5 14 15 17 19 7 8 11 12 20 23 24 26

[harmonic minor vertical LR]
intervals=14 15 17 19 0 2 3 5 20 23 24 26 7 8 11 12 -1

[major vertical symmetrical RL]
intervals=0 2 4 5 12 14 16 17 7 9 11 12 19 21 23 24

[major vertical symmetrical LR]
intervals=12 14 16 17 0 2 4 5 19 21 23 24 7 9 11 12 -1

The last two repeat the root note of the scale on the bottom key of the lower row so that the keys are have the same notes per row, one octave apart. This has the advantage of being more intuitive, but you lose a note in the process. In all cases, I REALLY wish I can use those two scroll keys as playing since my hands are no longer locked in the thumb hook position and I can really use those two notes - and I NEVER use them as scroll keys since you have to see the screen anyway so you might as well use the mouse which is 100 times easier (which was a very poor default setup decision for an instrument which already has limited playing keys).

Besides being easier to play counterpoint, I like these vertical positions because I can visually see intervals linearly for chord formation and keep the same triad shape moving down the columns for the first 4 scale chords at least.

Tony