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BalinKing • today at 6:40 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

What does "isomorphic" mean?


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jmole • today at 6:43 PM

Iso - same, morphic - shape.

Basically it uses a regular pattern of keys, instead of staggering keys into pentatonic and diatonic scales, like a piano does.

This makes it harder to "find" the diatonic scales, but easier to transpose between different keys.

You can see an example here: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kMD1qXtDAdg

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