Musical Typing bug...

I've tried this on two separate macs running the latest OS (10.5.7) and the latest version of Garageband '08. I've noticed this unusual bug for a little while, so it was not the most recent update.
In musical typing, press the key's ";" and then "j," or "'" and "j" (basically either key to the right of "l" and then press "j"). When you do so, you can't type any other key. This strongly limits you're ability to type out certain chords and such.
Any suggestions?

Which all points out the fact that musical typing is really very limited. Unfortunately it can't replace a musical keyboard. You can do some stuff with it, but in my experience you can't "play" the computer keyboard the same way.

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