Learning
When you start with the Harmonic Table you're going to be learning, obviously. Just as you'll need time to learn to get the best from your DAW and other sound equipment, you'll need time to get the best from the Harmonic Table. In addition to this page, perhaps also visit the forum.
Rem: Don't be fooled by the color scheme. 
Playing & technique
The ability to span a large range and to play low and high notes with both hands, and the duplication of notes on the surface means you can't just apply the techniques of another instrument.
Its easier to press a key down with a curved finger from above than with your finger almost straight and along the surface, which is true of a piano keyboard. Also true of both is that you can play with fewer fingers, but it works to practice using them all.
On the Harmonic Table there are always alternative fingerings. You can play more than one note per finger, but you need not. Often a riff or phrase can be played by either one or both hands.
People are using a "two handed tapping" technique which works well for programming drums and percussion as well as on some other parts.
See our tips for learning any instrument.
Music and harmony
The following may be helpful...
- exploring Fifths, the Major scale and the black notes,
- about chords & discords,
- our HT chord calculator.
Learning Links
- Free-Ed Music
- Free Music Tutorials and Course, Interactive Textbooks, references, quizzes and other helpful music study material.
- Musicstaff.com
- MusicStaff.com is a free service which enables parents, students and musicians to find music teachers, music schools and music lessons anywhere in the United States.
- Worldwidelearn.com
- Online music courses, lessons, and tutorials. Learn to play guitar, piano, drums, keyboard. Also singing, songwriting, classical music, Irish music, opera, and more..
- Brad's Page of Steel
- Steel Guitar Tutorial. Includes dowloadable book, video, etc.
- Digital Sheet Music
- Largest library of digital sheet music on the web.
- Children's Music Web
- Profit-free org devoted to music for kids. Material for teachers too.
- Music Education Articles
- Suite 101 offers music educators resources on the internet. There is a weekly article on various aspects of music education. Also offers simple lessons and techniques for use in the music classroom. Maintained regularly to keep the content current.
- BBC Learning Zone
- Music learning programmes by the Beeb Beeb Ceeb (sometimes none coming up).
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