Leap into an isomorphic world! The September book update is here
Added 2022-09-30 13:33:23 +0000 UTCDear Waveshapers!
This month's update is a brand new chapter intended for those of you that haven't yet made the leap into exploring the magical world of isomorphic grid instruments and controllers.
Pros for grid-based layouts are that once you learn a chord shape or scale, you can easily transpose it up and down and left and right to any key using the same shape, and it's also easy to play multi-octave open chord voicings with one hand, something that would be a superhuman feat on a piano. Plus you never know what happy musical accidents may happen when exploring a new non-piano-based interface...
Cons are that there's a learning curve - which is where this new chapter comes in!
I am by no means a grid virtuoso, but around the time I started this channel I spent quite a bit of time attempting to develop Linnstrument skills (see my cover of Little Wing here with my daughter on the Glockenspiel!)
This new chapter includes tips picked up since then that I feel would have made it easier for me to get going.
If you're interested, you can explore these ideas on iPad apps like Musix Pro and GeoShred, or increasingly common grid-based interfaces like Novation LaunchPads, Push and Push 2, Sensel Morph, LinnStrument, or synths with built-in grid layouts like Medusa and Deluge.
I hope you find it useful!
All my best,
Ziv (not quite done reviewing a new isomorphic controller on a youtube channel called "Loopop...")
