DE10206592A1 - Musical instrument for left-handed musicians with keyboard and all associated components positioned mirror-fashion inside instrument - Google Patents

Abstract

The instrument is esp. a keyboard instrument and a piano accordion. Its keyboard and all connected instrument components are positioned laterally inversed, so that the left hand plays the melody and the right hand plays the accompaniment. Keyboard, frame, sound board, strings, mechanism, pedals and housing of grand pianos, pianos, organs, and similar are mounted in this reversed manner. All operating elements of electrical instruments are positioned so that they can be operated by the right hand.

Description

The invention relates to musicians trained for lefties instruments, especially keyboard instruments and piano accordions.

The essential structure of keyboard instruments with mechanical Sound generation, such as pianos, pianos, grand pianos, organs, from Tas Ten wind instruments, tongue instruments, such as piano accordions and keyboard instruments with electronic sound generation, such as Keyboards, electronic organs. etc. is well known. It is also known that these instruments are not just legal but can also be played by lefties.

However, it turned out that it was for the artist interpretation is of great importance, left-handed To enable artists - as with right-handers - to transfer the function of the melody to the leading hand It has been proven that the left hand is just for left-handed people more skillful and - if only a little - faster than the math hand. The emotional work and unconsciously faster The left hand reacts with left-handed people. So if Lefties are forced to use these features on their own transferring more chic, slower right hand suffers artistic charisma, the artist himself feels un  well and it is much more difficult for him than a right-handed man who interprets his emotions into his piece of music ren.

Small left-handed musicians also learn of playing on an instrument intended for right-handed people much heavier, as it is much harder for them falls to learn to write with the right hand.

It is therefore an object of the invention, musical instruments in particular keyboard instruments and piano accordions of conventional type especially for left-handers in a structurally simple way to make it easier for them and nature and to do justice to the peculiarities of left-handers.

According to the invention the object is achieved in that the usual This means that the instrument structure is specifically tailored to the needs of Left-handed is aimed at at least the keyboard and the associated components of the musical instruments are mirrored or are reversed so that the left hand the main function, the melody and the right hand the Be sliding function takes over.

The solution according to the invention enables left-handers to the Me according to its nature according to the more skillful left hand to transmit song game. Learning to play is for Left-handed people now much easier, the artistic inter pretation can find full development because the emotional, ge the left hand performs emotional work as the leading hand, while the right hand accompanies, i.e. the rational, of reason does certain work. The left-hander becomes a much more sensitive game with all ten fingers allows.

After advantageous and expedient designs, little should at least the keyboard, the frame, the soundboard, the strings,  the mechanics, the pedals and the housing mirrored by wings be trained and arranged.

With pianos, organs and similar keyboard instruments should at least the keyboard, the frame, the soundboard, the Strings, the mechanics, the pedals and / or the register spewed applies to be arranged.

In the case of piano accordions, the invention provides that the Bass side on the right and the treble side on the left. Likewise, the registers are also reversed. The usual arrangement of the bass buttons and keys to each other remains receive.

It is further provided according to the invention that the operator elements such as buttons, peach wheel, rotary control, switch pedals, the electronic keyboard instruments are also mirrored are arranged.

For better and faster processing of rhythmic sig nale, to control the balance of the two hands and to improve The assignment of the ten fingers in the hemisphere is broad are of advantage if they belong to the respective musical instrument notable notation is also vertically mirrored, so the bass clef and notes for accompaniment in the first line and the treble clef with the notes are arranged below for the melody.

The direction of the finger movement is correct with the note image match.

The invention is to be illustrated below with the aid of examples whose musical instruments are explained in more detail. The associated Drawing shows in

Fig. 1 shows a keyboard according to the invention with the designation of the individual keys and

Fig. 2 shows the basic structure of a wing for left-handers.

As can be seen in Fig. 1, the keyboard 1 is mirrored out, that is, the tones are defi ned from right to left. In the case of an 88-key keyboard 1 , the first tone is the subcontra A on the far right and the last tone, the 5 deleted C on the left. In the case of previously known right-handed keyboards, the arrangement of the tones is reversed, that is, on the right outside is c5 and on the left outside A2.

The essential structure of a grand piano or left-handed piano can be seen in FIG. 2. So this wing consists of the housing 2 , the keyboard 1 , the mechanics 3 consisting of many individual parts, the soundboard 4 , the cast iron frame 5 , the strings 6 and the pedals. This entire structure must be mirrored essentially in relation to previously known wing arrangements. Standard housings can be used for a piano. A wing must also have a mirrored housing 2 .

The exact constructive structure of the musical instruments is in Zu connection with the invention is insignificant, since the principle Training of musical instruments in many constructive ways Designs, sizes and external looks are known for Use by lefties is important.

The soundboard 4 must be formed and arranged analogously to the cast iron frame 5 . It is designed so that the longest chips run diagonally away from the high treble.

Mechanics 3 are essentially identical to those for right-handed users. For example, the different hammer heads 7 must be arranged to match the Sai ten 6 , which in turn means a mirrored arrangement. The larger hammer heads 7 are arranged on the right side of the piano or grand piano, where the monochromatic bass strings are located. They become smaller and smaller with the two- or three-string strings from right to left, analogous to keyboard 1 .

The tuning nails 9 are arranged in the reed block 8 . The direction of rotation of the tuning nails 9 can also be adapted to left-handers. The webs 10 must be arranged to match the mirrored strings 6 .

As a rule, a piano or grand piano has two be or three foot pedals (not shown in the drawing provides). In the case of keyboard instruments common until now, this is the right one Pedal the sustain pedal (Sustain), the left pedal is the damper fende pedal, the middle pedal is known in pianos as Damper trained while it is in the wing as a sostenuto pedal is trained.

For lefties, the right and left pedals should ver to be swapped to the nature of the left-handers consequences.

Electric keyboard instruments have a variety of keyboards tures. Keyboards with tonal ranges from three to are known more than seven octaves. The mirrored is also important here Arrangement of the buttons and the related components. The housing of the electronic keyboard instruments needs in the Usually no change. Exceptions are keyboards, clavinovas and digital grand pianos.

It is also important for electronic keyboard instruments the arrangement of the controls. These should be left-handed be operated with the right hand, thus the leading hand  predominantly the musical design - melody, chords, Rhythm - can perform.

The special notations for the individual musical instruments can also be aimed at lefties. It is on the keyboard adjusted so that the direction of finger movement matches the sheet music. The notes also become vertical shown mirrored, that means the treble clef, the Me lodie is in the lower staff, the bass clefs sel, the accompaniment for the right hand is in the first ten staff arranged. With the new notation, the left-handed musicians processing the rhythmic Relief in the head.  

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

keyboard

2

casing

3

mechanics

4

sounding board

5

cast iron frame

6

strings

7

hammerhead

8th

soundpost

9

wrestpin

10

web

Claims (6)

1. For left-handed musicians trained musical instruments, especially keyboard instruments and piano accordions, characterized in that the usual instrument structure is specifically tailored to the needs of left-handed people that at least the keyboard ( 1 ) and the associated components of the musical instruments are mirrored or reversed are trained so that the left hand takes on the main function, the melody playing, and the right hand the accompanying function. 2. Musical instruments according to claim 1, characterized in that at least the keyboard ( 1 ), the frame ( 5 ), the Re sonanzboden ( 4 ), the strings ( 6 ), the mechanics ( 3 ), the Pe dale and the housing ( 2 ) are arranged mirrored by wings. 3. Musical instruments according to claim 1, characterized in that at least the keyboard, the frame, the resonance bo the, the strings, the mechanics, the pedals and / or the re  ghost on pianos, organs and similar keyboard instruments elements are arranged mirrored. 4. Musical instruments according to claim 1, characterized in that with accordions the bass side on the right and the treble side is arranged on the left. 5. Musical instruments according to claim 1, characterized in that the controls, such as knobs, peachwheels, knobs the electrical keyboard instruments are arranged in such a way that they can be operated with the right hand. 6. Musical instruments according to claim 1 to 5, characterized records that the assign to the respective musical instrument bare notation is also mirrored vertically is so that the bass clef and the notes for the Be slide in the first line and the violin keys sel with the notes for the melody arranged below are.