[Trac #401] TamTam's key layout should be like a piano's

[Zarro Boogs per Child]

#401: TamTam's key layout should be like a piano's
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 Reporter:  J5           |       Owner:  sean   
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  BTest-2
Component:  tamtam       |    Keywords:         
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 TamTam is a fun app that a person can get great sounds out of.  After
 figuring out some of the scales on the keyboard I was able to play some
 simple songs.  However going off scale is very easy since minor tones are
 layed out right next to major tones.

 On a piano minor are represented by the black keys which re offset from
 the white keys. It turns out that computer keyboards are also layed out in
 a way that can follow a piano's keys since each row is roughly a half
 offset from the previous row.

 I propose to let z through ? and q through p be used to represent the
 white keys and a through : and 1 through 0 be used to represent the black
 keys.  This is much more natural for someone who knows piano and as an
 even better bonus it means playing just the major keys will give you the
 major C scale which makes it easy for a child to produce pleasent sounding
 music.

 Of course in this layout you lose some keys since the from B to C and E to
 F there is no minor note, but I belive it is a fair tradeoff.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/401>
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