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Electronic wind instrument, method of controlling electronic wind instrument, and storage medium storing program for electronic wind instrument

US10360884B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 13, 2018
Grant dateJul 23, 2019
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Expiry dateMar 13, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2250/461
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic wind instrument according to one aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of performance keys for specifying pitches, a breath sensor which detects at least a breath input operation, and a controller (CPU), wherein the controller (CPU) selectively switches between a first mode of outputting first sound waveform data generated on the basis of the breath input operation and operation of at least one performance key from among the plurality of performance keys, and a second mode of, when the breath input operation is detected, outputting second sound waveform data based on musical piece data regardless of whether operation of the at least one performance key is detected or is not detected.

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