Unique Advantages of Atzarin Keyboard Layouts

One and the same ergonomic and familiar feeling chord shapes for triad chords in ALL 12 keys in just 3 rows of buttons! In 8 keys closing the bellows, and in 8 keys opening the bellows, as 4 keys have the same chord shape in both directions of the bellows.

An alternative chord shape for three note chords that is one and the same in 8 different musical keys closing the bellows in 4 keys and opening the bellows in another 4.

Numerous alternatives in fingering and keystroke sequencies because most notes are repeated, always in different rows and in opposite directions of the bellows, enabling greater playing comfort as notes that, in one direction of the bellows, are found at buttons that are far apart, are brought closer together in the opposite direction of the bellows.

Facilitates musical transposing, that is moving a piece from one musical key into another. Any piece of music can be played with exactly the same fingering, keystroke sequencies and bellows changes in 4 different keys just by starting from a different button in the same row. Apart from this, tranposing to keys outside of the same group is much easier with an Atzarin layout because the fingering and keystroke sequencies of motives, phrases, semiphrases of a piece of music can be the same in all keys. The only difference would be the direction of the bellows, which would be the opposite, but with changes at exactly the same moments.

A comparable economy of movements and consequently of memorisation is found on the continental chromatic accordion but on 5 rows. Atzarin makes the most of the bisonoric nature of the instrument to obtain these advantages in just 3 rows, keeping the size and weight of the instrument down.