I agree on guitar analogy but would refine to say more like Spanish guitar or a guitar solo in that chording is more like melody line that travels than a repeating riff.
Ah, ok, I see what you mean. Could also consider what George Benson does -- doubling the melody an octave above. A nice 'fat' sound, but limited speed compared to playing single notes.
I have a question about adjacent vowels and consonants. Thinking in terms of the guitar analogy, i wonder about the difficulty of moving a given finger between buttons within a horizontal row. On guitar that's far more difficult than switching fingers between successive notes.
I wonder whether that would suggest something about how adjacent vowels and consonants are placed?
Yes my first 20 hours were on standard config which his about as unoptimal as it gets. Keys assigned in descending alphabetical order only. No accounting for ergonomics at all.
I too did standard keymap, and I've stopped practicing completely till I can settle on a keymap for the long term. I really want to get a config set in stone so I can spend the 30 or so hours. But there are such a diverse set of issues with keymaps. My impression is its far more complicated and nuanced than coding on Twidor where I can add a feature and be done with it.