Hacker News Reader

Come for the hexagonal spreadsheet, stay for the Jankó keyboard!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jank%C3%B3_keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK4REjqGc9w

There's many to choose from[0]. I would imagine having a keyboard with fourths and fifths nearby would be better. So different straight lines would make the circles of fourths and fifths. The article also mentions a Hex[1] sequencer.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized_keyboard

[1] http://www.dynamictonality.com/hex.htm

This works nicely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic_table_note_layout

Nice to play chords with a single (fat) finger, and you can go through the circle of fifths by moving vertically.

Even more hexagonal : Wilson MicroZone U-648 Array Keyboard from Starr Labs : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ffa-XiMMeVo

Reply on news.ycombinator.com