We may simplify the classification the various musical instruments to 3 gendres according to the way that the notes are basically and initially arranged.
A) THE CHROMATIC GENDRE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Such instruments have basically from their hardware a full 12-notes chromatic scale arrangement ofthe notes. E.g. the fretboard of the guitar, but also all other similar instruments like
Strings by plectrum like Mandolin, Greek and Irish Bouzouki, ukulele, charango, cuatro, Saz etc
Bowed strings like , violon, viola, cello, bowed dulcimer, Greek lyra, etc
B) DIATONIC INSTRUMENTS
Such instruments originally are designed with a diatonic scale of notes arrangments, although they may have extensions to p lay also all sharpsand flats
E.g. Irish whistles, clarinets without keys (chalumeau, xaphoons) , the piano, the accordion, the celtic harp, harmonicas, panflutes, saxophone, old medieval wooden cornett etc
C) OVERTONES HARMONIC SERIES INSTRUMENTS,
Such instruments are desined initially with notes arranged by the overtones harmonic series , but later they may have extensions tO play all sharps and flats
E.g. Overtone flutes, fujara, natural trumpet (which evolved in the modern valved trumpet) , All brass winds like , French horn, tuba, melophone, euphonioum, etc
A) THE CHROMATIC GENDRE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Such instruments have basically from their hardware a full 12-notes chromatic scale arrangement ofthe notes. E.g. the fretboard of the guitar, but also all other similar instruments like
Strings by plectrum like Mandolin, Greek and Irish Bouzouki, ukulele, charango, cuatro, Saz etc
Bowed strings like , violon, viola, cello, bowed dulcimer, Greek lyra, etc
B) DIATONIC INSTRUMENTS
Such instruments originally are designed with a diatonic scale of notes arrangments, although they may have extensions to p lay also all sharpsand flats
E.g. Irish whistles, clarinets without keys (chalumeau, xaphoons) , the piano, the accordion, the celtic harp, harmonicas, panflutes, saxophone, old medieval wooden cornett etc
C) OVERTONES HARMONIC SERIES INSTRUMENTS,
Such instruments are desined initially with notes arranged by the overtones harmonic series , but later they may have extensions tO play all sharps and flats
E.g. Overtone flutes, fujara, natural trumpet (which evolved in the modern valved trumpet) , All brass winds like , French horn, tuba, melophone, euphonioum, etc
The advantages and disadvantagesa re somehow known.
1) The chromatic instruments are very convenient to change scales and play in many scales. But in order to play and improvise even in a single scale special skills must be acquired, to seorate this diatonic scale from all possible notes.
2) The diatonic instruments are simpler and the best to improvise on a single diatonic scale , but in order to extend the tonality to a the chromatic tonality or to multi tonality extra design is required to support all flats and sharps which is usuallynot as well as the initially diatonic scale. Thus usualy it requires to have many different such instruments for different diatonic scales.
3) The overtones harmonic series instruments have a beatifull magic, that of the overtones that create and enforce for improvisation directly and simply , happy melodies. But also highly chromatic harmonic minor scale and melodic minor scale are directly derived from the overtones series of the first 13-15 overtones. An very beatiful advantage is that when we make translation-variations of small melodic them across the overtone series of notes it imediatly is also variated by elongnation or contraction-expansion. It exaonds as we goto the lower harmonics and it contracts as we goto higher harmonics which makes the variationseasier and less boring in pitch-variation translations. The disadvantage of such nstruments is that that cannot even play even a full diatonic scale unless we extend the design to play sharps and flats, or aplay all the flats and sharps.
By favorite gendre is that of the diatonic instruments, and 2nd best that of the overtones series instruments, because of the easiness of improvisation. Neverthless Learned initially the string chromatic instruments that somehow I play better. Actually by marking the fretboards and fingerboards of such string chromatic insttuments (guitar , violin etc) to a single prefered diatonic scale I have converted them to diatonic instruments.
If we tune the string instruments with overtone tunings, in other words with connected parts of the sequence of t he overtones, then the layout of the notes onthe fretbaord or fingerboard is identical with the layout of the notes in a brass instrument with 3-4 valves or a hybrid Bb/F trombone with a slide and one valve etc. And this is what I have done tome string instriuments. I have set then overtone tunings due to the advantages of such tunings. In such a case and from the point of view of notes layout scheme we therfore get that we have only 2 gendres of musical instruments A) THE DIATONIC B) THE OVERTONES-CHROMATIC This is a great advantage for those that play many instruments and inparticular both string instruments and brass instruments as they have isomorphic pitch layouts of notes and the mental images to play notes and arpeggios are identical.
If furthermore we apply a marking scheme on such overtones tuned string instruments , that exhibits the prefred diatonic scale, with its root and dominat note on the fretboard or fingerboard, then all 3 gendres of musical instruments a) chromatic b) diatonic c) overtones combine on each such single instrument. This is done of course easier on digital instruments as applications in ipad, compared to traditional hardware analogue string instruments.
In the next we discuss how the midi controler and digital fretbaord artiphone can emulate by appropraite tuning of the digital fretboard which is a 2-dimensional arrangment of the notes on the fretboard to play the notes arrangments all the 3 gendres of instruments , guitars, violin, harmonica, celtic-chromatic harp, overtone flutes, natural trumpet, modern chromatic trumpet, diatonic trumpet etc and ofcourse with all available colors of sounds from any type of instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwiJTay6GI
See alsp post 315
https://simplerguitarlearning.blogspot.com/2020/05/314-digital-fretboard-midi-controller.html
If we tune the string instruments with overtone tunings, in other words with connected parts of the sequence of t he overtones, then the layout of the notes onthe fretbaord or fingerboard is identical with the layout of the notes in a brass instrument with 3-4 valves or a hybrid Bb/F trombone with a slide and one valve etc. And this is what I have done tome string instriuments. I have set then overtone tunings due to the advantages of such tunings. In such a case and from the point of view of notes layout scheme we therfore get that we have only 2 gendres of musical instruments A) THE DIATONIC B) THE OVERTONES-CHROMATIC This is a great advantage for those that play many instruments and inparticular both string instruments and brass instruments as they have isomorphic pitch layouts of notes and the mental images to play notes and arpeggios are identical.
If furthermore we apply a marking scheme on such overtones tuned string instruments , that exhibits the prefred diatonic scale, with its root and dominat note on the fretboard or fingerboard, then all 3 gendres of musical instruments a) chromatic b) diatonic c) overtones combine on each such single instrument. This is done of course easier on digital instruments as applications in ipad, compared to traditional hardware analogue string instruments.
THE NEW APPLICATIONS FOR DIGITAL MUSIC IN THE IPAD OR IN THE DESKTOP VERY OFTEN EXHIBIT A HIGHER SPIRITUAL FUNCTION AND A BETTER MUSICAL ONTOLOGY ORGANISATION AND COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL HARDWARE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
THE ALSO HAVE A UNIQUE UNIFYING POWER FOR MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND TYPES OF MUSIC THAT IS VERY USEFUL FOR TALENDET MUSICIANS THAT ARE MULTI INTRSUMENT PLAYERS AND WANT TO COMPOSE MUSIC.
THIS NEW GENERATION OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS SHIFT THE MUSICIAN FROM AN INSTRUMENT PLAYER TO A MUSICAL COMPOSER.
THEY SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH TRADITIONAL HARFWARE ANALOGUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO GIVE THEIR FULLEST VALUE.
In the next we discuss how the midi controler and digital fretbaord artiphone can emulate by appropraite tuning of the digital fretboard which is a 2-dimensional arrangment of the notes on the fretboard to play the notes arrangments all the 3 gendres of instruments , guitars, violin, harmonica, celtic-chromatic harp, overtone flutes, natural trumpet, modern chromatic trumpet, diatonic trumpet etc and ofcourse with all available colors of sounds from any type of instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHwiJTay6GI
See alsp post 315
https://simplerguitarlearning.blogspot.com/2020/05/314-digital-fretboard-midi-controller.html
