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It would be really nice to hear what it sounds like. Even the home page for the company does not appear to contain any examples of music produced with this new instrument. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.107.100.167 (talk)

There are videos of the Eigenharp being played on www.youtube.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.15.48.48 (talk) 12:02, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article is starting to sound suspiciously like an advertisement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTADVERTISING#ADVERTISING , Yeah?

173.33.128.151 (talk) 15:29, 14 June 2010 (UTC)173.33.128.151 (talk) 15:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the section "Features", which read a little too much like a product brochure, literally boasting of features of the product. The remainder of the page is factual and uses neutral wording. KILNA (talk) 08:19, 8 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

How is this new invention notable? So far the article has exactly one source that isn't from the manufacturer. Rklawton (talk) 03:05, 11 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Layout of 'keyboard'

I'm not clear, either from this article or from the demonstration videos, what the layout of the keys is. It doesn't seem to be the standard keyboard layout, so is it like the frets on a guitar, or what? I presume each key is a semitone above the one before it, but the demo video said that major and minor scales could be played with the same fingering, which I don't understand. My underlying concern is whether someone who can already play an instrument - e.g. keyboard, guitar, cello, or woodwind - can pick up an eigenharp and play it straight off, or whether they have to learn an entirely new playing technique.86.182.154.32 (talk) 16:21, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

to answer my own question above, I found some info in the FAQs on the Eigenlabs website here:

http://www.eigenlabs.com/ It is still very vague, but the implication seems to be that you first have to choose a scale-type and key and set the instrument to play that scale. (E.g. D major, B flat minor, chromatic, F Dorian, or whatever - though it doesn't say exactly what options are available.) I would *guess* that the successive keys then give the notes of that scale, so that e.g. if it is a minor scale the first three notes are tonic, second, minor third, and so on. If so, it would be quite an easy instrument to learn and play, because you could play in any key as easily as playing C major or A minor on a conventional keyboard. You can also 'customise' the scales. I'm not clear what you would do if you want to modulate (change key) in the course of playing, or how you would play 'accidentals', short of setting the initial choice of key to 'chromatic' and then fingering it like a guitar. As a general comment, for a company trying to sell a musical instrument to musicians, Eigenlabs give woefully little attention to the srictly musical aspects of the instrument.109.157.185.108 (talk) 13:26, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keyboard layout can be anything you want

Actually, the keyboard layout can be absolutely anything you want. Although the software that comes with a set of preconfigured scales, there's absolutely nothing to stop you from defining the behavior of each key independently. Dhjdhj (talk) 05:00, 11 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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