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Re:Details of the new Suzuki Omnichord OM-108 by zozbot234 on Saturday January 27, 2024 @04:54AM (#39154161)
> On piano, jumping between keys/modes is non-trivial, unless you have an extensive amount of practice building memory and muscle memory.

If you learn your circle of fifths it is quite trivial, because nearby scales on the circle (i.e. scales that have tonal centers a fifth apart) only add or remove a single black key. F to C (Bb becomes B) to G (F becomes F#) to D (C becomes C#) etc. is very easy and a lot of music will stick to those. Learning scales on guitar (or indeed on an isomorphic keyboard, for that matter) is only slightly harder, the trick there is knowing your solfège so that you can find your way around the semitone intervals and (for guitar) what to expect when you shift to a nearby string.

Re:Details of the new Suzuki Omnichord OM-108 by onionisafruit on Saturday January 27, 2024 @12:21PM (#39157521)
For me there is a muscle memory component. I can easily switch between keys that I regularly play in, but going to something like c# is difficult because I don’t have the muscle memory for it. I mainly play by ear and chord notations too. I have never been able to read sheet music real time.
Re:Details of the new Suzuki Omnichord OM-108 by nickpeterson on Saturday January 27, 2024 @12:37PM (#39157731)
C# can be overwhelming without some assistance, I’d recommend Visual Studio