Re: Moves on Touchboard - 1976 article that still inspires.
AndyJPro wrote:
Indeed an excellent read!
One of the first things I read in Free Hands after being alerted to its chess metaphors. It seemed quite the happy coincidence that I used a picture of a chessboard as a sample for the color of the dye on my Stick.
The image of chess moves really resonated with me. I especially like seeing the knight's moves in harmonic intervals.
Code:
- | - | - | - | - |
m3| - | - | - | - |
- | - | R | - | - |
- | M6| - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | - | R | - | - |
- | - | - | M7| - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | - | R | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | 5 |
- | - | R | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | - | R | - | - |
- | - | - | - | M6|
- | - | R | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | - | - | m3| - |
- | - | R | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | m2| - | - | - |
- | - | - | - | - |
- | - | R | - | - |
4 | - | - | - | - |
And of course because the inverted 5ths and ascending 4ths are parallel tunings, these knight moves apply to the bass side as well as the melody side...