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by Ralf » Mon Dec 21, 2009 9:06 pm
I was deeply impressed by this clever tool made by Henrik
because it implements a fundamental paradigm in an explicite
and open way as never before(*): the separation in a musical
instrument of harmony and melody.
Look, the scale selector is automatable, so, you could select
the harmonies with the left hand and play the melody with the
right hand (or put the harmonies in a clip as Henrik did).
Think about chord changes in Jazz.
And it's all clean, this is no auto accompaniment, arpeggiator or
something, you are in full control, it only plays *your* melody.
And one more thought. Henrik knows Music theory, that's not
the point. Otherwise he could not program the Schwarzonator
presets. But knowing the theory and being able to follow it
in an improvised live performance is a difference of 5000...7500
hours of training, and only if you are talented enough.
Anyway, as any new instrument Schwarzonator will require
some training to get to its limits, but I'm sure it'll
allow to play things not heared before, even more by
musicians who know their stuff!
Ralf
*) Sorry for my ignorance, probably somebody somewhere
did that before, but I was not aware of something like it.
).
GAFM ***