Electronic musical instrument with automatic music performance system
US5070758A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 15, 1989 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG10H2210/626
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument includes a first tone generator for generating a musical tone in response to each depression of key on an accompaniment keyboard and a second tone generator for generating a musical tone in accordance with the musical performance data read from the memory. In a specific mode, the player can cause the first tone generator to generate a musical tone through the accompaniment keyboard with the accompaniment being automatically played. In a mode for recording an accompaniment of a music into the memory in a step manner, a chord is detected from keys depressed on the accompaniment keyboard, and data representative of the detected chord is written into the memory together with data representative of a note-length designated by note-length selection switches. In a mode for recording an accompaniment in real time, each time keys are depressed, the chord data of the depressed keys is written into the memory together with the contents of a tempo clock counter. States of various control elements of a control panel for controlling the generation of the musical tone can also be stored into the memory. The control elements are automatically set to the stored stat…
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