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There still would be two "shapes": C vs C#. Transposing would only be easier by two semitones. But for most music and musicians it isn't that interesting. Tran
by tgv 1y ago
There still would be two "shapes": C vs C#. Transposing would only be easier by two semitones.
But for most music and musicians it isn't that interesting. Transposing is rather niche. If it's too hard, an electronic keyboard can do it for you.
- ajuc 1y agoThere would be 2 shapes instead of 12. And the C shape would be vertically flipped C# shape.
- tgv 1y agoThere aren't 12 shapes. My fingers say C maj, F maj and G maj are the same shape. D maj, E maj, A maj too. And A min is the same shape as C/F/G maj, but would be a different pattern on the proposed "regular" layout. That may not matter when all you want is transposition, but as I said before: transposing is not so important. And there are "shape" based keyboards, as mentioned frequently in the comments. You can even retrofit some on your own keyboard. They're just not popular.
- ajuc 1y agoC maj, F maj are the same, but C maj7 and Fmaj7 are not. Ultimately you have to remember which chords are the same and which aren't - which is about the same amount of information as just remembering all the combinations. It's just an ugly irregular hack. I understand that you can get good at working around it, but eventually it's worth it to fix the underlying problem.