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Apparatus for electronic teaching accompaniment and practice of music, which is independent of a played musical instrument

US5214231A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1991
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 18, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG10H2230/255
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic teaching, accompaniment and practice music apparatus which is independent of a played musical instrument. The apparatus includes devices for digital sound production, tempo setting, accompaniment, operation and input of digital note data, which are connected by means of a control unit, which is connected with an electro-acoustical device for acoustical reproduction of the note sequences corresponding to the input piece of music via a digital-analog converter. There is an optical display device which is connected with a piano keyboard or a guitar fingerboard or represents these, for optical display of the note sequences played.

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