Electronic organ

Claim 2

In an electronic organ comprising a first key and a second key and a sound-forming means for mixing tone signals and producing notes, apparatus for causing the notes to sound in a predetermined rhythmic pattern comprising: generator means for transmitting a first tone signal corresponding to a first note over a first conducting path, for transmitting a second tone signal corresponding to a second note over a second conducting path, for transmitting a third tone signal corresponding to a third note over a third conducting path, for transmitting a fourth tone signal corresponding to a fourth note over a fourth conducting pAth, for transmitting a fifth tone signal corresponding to a fifth note over a fifth conducting path, and for transmitting a sixth tone signal corresponding to a sixth note over a sixth conducting path, said first, second, and third notes forming the notes of a first harmonic chord, and said fourth, fifth, and sixth notes forming the notes of a second harmonic chord different from the first harmonic chord; rhythm means for generating at least first, second, and third rhythm signals having a predetermined rhythmic pattern; first control means for conducting a tone signal to the soundforming means in response to the first rhythm signal; second control means for conducting a tone signal to the soundforming means in response to the second rhythm signal; third control means for conducting a tone signal to the soundforming means in response to the third rhythm signal; first switch means connected in the first conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the first tone signal to the first control means; second switch means connected in the second path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the second tone signal to the second control means; third switch means connected in the third conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the third tone signal to the third control means; fourth switch means connected in the fourth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the fourth tone signal to the first control means; fifth switch means connected in the fifth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the fifth tone signal to the second control means; and sixth switch means connected in the sixth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the sixth tone signal to the third control means, whereby the first, second, and third notes may be sounded as the first harmonic chord in the predetermined rhythmic pattern in response to depression of only the first key and whereby the fourth, fifth, and sixth notes may be sounded as the second harmonic chord in the predetermined rhythmic pattern in response to depression of only the second key.

Claim 3

In an electronic organ comprising a first key and a second key and a sound-forming means for mixing tone signals and producing notes, apparatus for causing the notes to sound in a predetermined rhythmic pattern comprising: generator means for transmitting a first tone signal corresponding to a first note over a first conducting path, for transmitting a second tone signal corresponding to a second note over the first conducting path, for transmitting a third tone signal corresponding to a third note over the first conducting path, for transmitting a fourth tone signal corresponding to a fourth note over a second conducting path, for transmitting a fifth tone signal corresponding to a fifth note over a third conducting path, for transmitting a sixth tone signal corresponding to a sixth note over a fourth conducting path, for transmitting a seventh tone signal corresponding to a seventh note over the fourth conducting path, for transmitting an eighth tone signal corresponding to an eighth note over the fourth conducting path, for transmitting a ninth tone signal corresponding to a ninth note over a fifth conducting path, and for transmitting a tenth tone signal corresponding to a tenth note over a sixth conducting path, said first, second, third, fourth and fifth notes forming the notes of a first harmonic chord, and said sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth notes forming the notes of a second harmonic chord different from the first harmonic chord; rhythm means for generating at least first, second and third rhythm signals having a predetermined rhythmic pattern; first control means for conducting a tone signal to the sound-forming means in response to the first rhythm signal; second control means for conducting a tone signal tO the sound-forming means in response to the second rhythm signal; third control means for conducting a tone signal to the sound-forming means in response to the third rhythm signal; first switch means connected in the first conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the first, second and third tone signals to the first control means; second switch means connected in the second conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the fourth tone signal to the second control means; third switch means connected in the third conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the fifth tone signal to the third control means; fourth switch means connected in the fourth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the sixth, seventh and eighth tone signals to the first control means; fifth switch means connected in the fifth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the ninth tone signal to the second control means; and sixth switch means connected in the sixth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the tenth tone signal to the third control means, whereby the first through fifth notes may be sounded as the first harmonic chord in the predetermined rhythmic pattern in response to depression of only the first key, and whereby the sixth through tenth notes may be sounded as the second harmonic chord in the predetermined rhythmic pattern in response to depression of only the second key.

Claim 4

In an electronic organ comprising a first key and a second key and a sound-forming means for mixing tone signals and producing notes, apparatus for causing the notes to sound in a predetermined rhythmic pattern comprising: generator means for transmitting a first tone signal corresponding to a first note over a first conducting path, for transmitting a second tone signal corresponding to a second note over the first conducting path, for transmitting a third tone signal corresponding to a third note over the first conducting path, for transmitting a fourth tone signal corresponding to a fourth note over a second conducting path, for transmitting a fifth tone signal corresponding to a fifth note over a third conducting path, for transmitting a sixth tone signal corresponding to a sixth note over a fourth conducting path, for transmitting a seventh tone signal corresponding to a seventh note over the fourth conducting path, for transmitting an eighth tone signal corresponding to an eighth note over the fourth conducting path, for transmitting a ninth tone signal corresponding to a ninth note over a fifth conducting path, and for transmitting a tenth tone signal corresponding to a tenth note over a sixth conducting path, said first, second, third, fourth and fifth notes forming the notes of a first harmonic chord, and said sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth notes forming the notes of a second harmonic chord different from the first harmonic chord; rhythm means for generating at least first, second and third rhythm signals having a predetermined rhythmic pattern; first control means for conducting a tone signal to the sound-forming means in response to the first rhythm signal; second control means for conducting a tone signal tO the sound-forming means in response to the second rhythm signal; third control means for conducting a tone signal to the sound-forming means in response to the third rhythm signal; first switch means connected in the first conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the first, second and third tone signals to the first control means; second switch means connected in the second conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the fourth tone signal to the second control means; third switch means connected in the third conducting path responsive to depression of the first key for conducting the fifth tone signal to the third control means; fourth switch means connected in the fourth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the sixth, seventh and eighth tone signals to the first control means; fifth switch means connected in the fifth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the ninth tone signal to the second control means; and sixth switch means connected in the sixth conducting path responsive to depression of the second key for conducting the tenth tone signal to the third control means, whereby the first through fifth notes may be sounded as the first harmonic chord in the predetermined rhythmic pattern in response to depression of only the first key, and whereby the sixth through tenth notes may be sounded as the second harmonic chord in the predetermined rhythmic pattern in response to depression of only the second key.

Claim 5

Apparatus, as claimed in claim 2, and further comprising seventh switch means responsive to the depression of the first key for directly conducting a seventh tone signal to said sound-forming means, whereby said seventh tone signal is conducted continuously and said first through sixth tone signals are conducted according to said rhythmic pattern.