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Electronic organ with a three-finger chord and one-finger automatic chord playing mode selector
Assignee: Nippon Gakki Co Ltd
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Filing: 1975-12-19
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Granted: 1978-01-03
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Expires: 1995-12-19
Abstract
Abstract An electronic organ provided with a selector for selecting a three-finger chord playing mode or a one-finger chord playing mode. When the three-finger chord playing mode is selected, a chord is sounded by three or four fingers on a manual keyboard or lower keyboard as in the conventional electronic organ. On the other hand, when the one-finger chord playing mode is selected, there can be automatically sounded one of chord types, such as major, minor, seventh and minor seventh chords, which have, as the root note, the note of a key being actuated on the manual keyboard. The selection of a chord type is effected by a pedal keyboard.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasunori Hirose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 05:07
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/36; G10H1/38; G10H1/386; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S84/00; Y10S84/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
An electronic organ comprising: a manual keyboard having keys; tone generators; keyer means coupled to said tone generators and responsive to key actuation on said keyboard so as to selectively derive at least one tone signal from said tone generators; automatic chord constituting means coupled to said tone generators and responsive to actuation of a key on said keyboard so as to selectively derive from said tone generators tone signals of notes constituting a chord whose root note is the note of the key being actuated, said automatic chord constituting means including: root note detector means for detecting the root note of a chord which is played on said keyboard; chord producing means coupled to said tone generators and to said root note detector means and responsive to said root note detector means for selectively deriving from said tone generators tone signals of notes constituting a plurality of chords having the root note; and chord type selecting means coupled to said chord producing means for selecting tone signals from said chord producing means for constituting one type of the chords; sound producing means; and selector switch means for selectively coupling one of said keyer means and said automatic chord constituting means to said sound producing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
An electronic organ comprising: a manual keyboard having keys; tone generators; keyer means coupled to said tone generators and responsive to key actuation on said keyboard so as to selectively derive at least one tone signal from said tone generators; automatic chord constituting means coupled to said tone generators and responsive to actuation of a key on said keyboard so as to selectively derive from said tone generators tone signals of notes constituting a chord whose root note is the note of the key being actuated, said automatic chord constituting means including: root note detector means for detecting the root note of a chord which is played on said keyboard; chord producing means coupled to said tone generators and to said root note detector means and responsive to said root note detector means for selectively deriving from said tone generators tone signals of notes constituting a plurality of chords having the root note; and chord type selecting means coupled to said chord producing means for selecting tone signals from said chord producing means for constituting one type of the chords; sound producing means; and selector switch means for selectively coupling one of said keyer means and said automatic chord constituting means to said sound producing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electronic organ according to claim 1 wherein said root note detector detects the root note of a chord based on a lower note preference order.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The electronic organ according to claim 1 wherein said root note detector detects the root note of a chord based on a higher note preference order.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The electronic organ according to claim 1 further comprising a rhythm gate means coupled between said selector means and said sound producing means, said rhythm gate means being enabled in a rhythm pattern.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electronic organ according to claim 1 wherein the chord types are major, minor, seventh and minor seventh chords.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
79 words
The electronic organ according to claim 1 wherein said chord type selecting means comprises a pedal keyboard having natural pedals and sharp pedals and selects a first type of chord when none of the natural sharp pedals is actuated, a second type of chord when only the natural pedal is actuated, a third type of chord when only the sharp pedal is actuated, and a fourth type of chord when both the natural and sharp pedals are concurrently actuated.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
The electronic organ according to claim 6 wherein the first type of chord is a major chord.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
The electronic organ according to claim 6 wherein the first type of chord is a major chord, the second type of chord is seventh chord, the third type of chord is a minor chord, and the fourth type of chord is a minor seventh chord.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
The electronic organ according to claim 1 further comprising means coupled to receive a first tone signal having a first note and a second tone signal having a second note from said automatic chord constituting means for coupling the first and second tone signals alternately to said sound producing means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The electronic organ according to claim 9 wherein the first note and the second note are root note and fifth note, respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The electronic organ according to claim 9 further comprising gate means coupled between said sound producing means and said means for coupling the first and second tone signals alternately to the sound producing means, said gate means being enabled in a rhythm pattern.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
169 words
An electronic organ comprising: a manual keyboard having keys; a pedal keyboard having natural pedals and sharp pedals; tone generators; keyer means coupled to said tone generators and responsive to key actuation on said manual keyboard so as to selectively derive at least one tone signal from said tone generators; root note detector means for detecting the root note of a chord which is played on said manual keyboard; chord producing means coupled to said tone generators and said root note detector means for selectively deriving from said tone generators tone signals of notes constituting a plurality of chords having the root note of the chord being played on the manual keyboard; chord type selecting means coupled to said chord producing means for selecting one type of the chords from said chord producing means in response to a depression mode of said pedal keyboard; sound producing means; and selector switch means for coupling one of said keyer means and said chord type selecting means to said sound producing means.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
169 words
An electronic organ comprising: a manual keyboard having keys; a pedal keyboard having natural pedals and sharp pedals; tone generators; keyer means coupled to said tone generators and responsive to key actuation on said manual keyboard so as to selectively derive at least one tone signal from said tone generators; root note detector means for detecting the root note of a chord which is played on said manual keyboard; chord producing means coupled to said tone generators and said root note detector means for selectively deriving from said tone generators tone signals of notes constituting a plurality of chords having the root note of the chord being played on the manual keyboard; chord type selecting means coupled to said chord producing means for selecting one type of the chords from said chord producing means in response to a depression mode of said pedal keyboard; sound producing means; and selector switch means for coupling one of said keyer means and said chord type selecting means to said sound producing means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
69 words
The electronic organ according to claim 12 wherein said chord type selecting means selects a first type of chord when none of said natural and sharp pedals is actuated, a second type of chord when only said natural pedal is actuated, a third type of chord when only said sharp pedal is actuated, and a fourth type of chord when both said natural and sharp pedals are concurrently actuated.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
The electronic organ according to claim 12 wherein said root note detector means comprises means for causing said root note detector means to detect the lowest or highest note of the keys being actuated on said manual keyboard when said selector means couples said chord type selecting means to said sound producing means.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
The electronic organ according to claim 13 wherein the first type of chord is a major chord.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
The electronic organ according to claim 13 wherein the first type of chord is a major chord, the second type of chord is a seventh chord, the third type of chord is a minor chord, and the fourth type of chord is a minor seventh chord.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
49 words
The electronic organ according to claim 12 further comprising means coupled to receive a first tone signal having a first note and a second tone signal having a second note from said chord producing means for coupling the first and second tone signals alternately to said sound reproducing means.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
43 words
The electronic organ according to claim 17 further comprising gate means coupled between said sound producing means and said means for coupling the first and second tone signals alternately to said sound producing means, said gate means being enabled in a rhythm pattern.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
35 words
The electronic organ according to claim 17 further comprising frequency dividing means coupled between said sound producing means and said means for coupling the first and second tone signals alternately to said sound producing means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
19 words
The electronic organ according to claim 17 wherein the first and second notes are root and fifth notes, respectively.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
33 words
The electronic organ according to claim 12 further comprising a rhythm gate means coupled between said selector means and said sound producing means, said rhythm gate means being enabled in a rhythm pattern.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
18 words
The electronic organ according to claim 21 wherein said rhythm gate means has a percussive envelope providing function.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
17 words
The electronic organ according to claim 18 wherein said gate means has a percussive envelope providing function.
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