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Computer Keyboard Layout

Mapping of computer keyboard keys to MIDI notes for playing music through typing

How it works

This object can carry concrete values or a musical interpretation, depending on its notation.

Written forms

Ways to write this concept

Each notation describes the same underlying object. Load a playable example to hear one MIDI realization in the Code Sequencer.

named

Named keyboard layouts with predefined key mappings

  • daw-piano-qwerty
  • chromatic-qwerty
  • guitar-frets-qwerty

manual

Custom mapping via URL pairs - format: key1:midi1,key2:midi2,...

  • a:60,s:62,d:64,f:65,g:67,h:69,j:71,k:72
  • z:48,x:50,c:52,v:53,b:55,n:57,m:59
  • q:72,w:74,e:76,r:77,t:79,y:81,u:83
Choose Load beside a convertible example to open its live player. Some catalog formats describe analysis or a display label and have no note realization yet.

Concept connections

NoteOne concrete MIDI pitch with an octave. Its pitch class keeps the note name while discarding that register.
Sources and playback

Concept descriptions and examples were adapted from Codex Music Mono’s typed catalog and concept examples. The Code Sequencer plays MIDI through a connected instrument; Symbolic does not synthesize sound.