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Electronic musical instrument
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1983-03-24
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Granted: 1984-09-25
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Expires: 2003-03-24
Abstract
Abstract An electronic musical instrument wherein a function for automatically detecting the musical performance mode is provided by the condition of a hand keyboard, a foot keyboard, and a chord type specifying circuit for one finger use, etc. so as to simplify the operation of causing a chord to be stored.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshikazu Okuma
- 👤 Takeshi Ogura
- 👤 Kimimaro Tamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 23:32
CPC Classifications
G; G10; G10H; G10H1/00; G10H1/36; G10H1/38; G10H1/386; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S84/00; Y10S84/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
236 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: (a) a hand keyboard apparatus for a player to perform a melody or a music accompaniment; (b) a hand keyboard information detecting means for detecting hand keyboard information including a hand keyboard tone name information of at least one depressed key and a hand keyboard depressed key number information obtained by counting the number of depressed keys in said hand keyboard apparatus; (c) a pedal keyboard apparatus for a player to perform a base tone; (d) a pedal keyboard information detecting means for detecting the pedal keyboard information including a pedal keyboard key depression presence information including whether said keys are depressed and a pedal keyboard tone name information of the depressed keys in said pedal keyboard apparatus; (e) a musical performance mode detecting means for automatically judging the performance mode intended by a player based on said pedal keyboard key depression presence information and hand keyboard depressed key number information; (f) a chord distinguishing means for distinguishing the root and type of chord being performed by the hand keyboard tone name information, the pedal keyboard tone name information, and the performance mode which is an output from the performance mode detecting means as automatically detected by the performance mode detecting means through the state of performance of a player; and (g) a chord type designating apparatus for modifying or designating the type of chord obtained by the chord distinguishing means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
236 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: (a) a hand keyboard apparatus for a player to perform a melody or a music accompaniment; (b) a hand keyboard information detecting means for detecting hand keyboard information including a hand keyboard tone name information of at least one depressed key and a hand keyboard depressed key number information obtained by counting the number of depressed keys in said hand keyboard apparatus; (c) a pedal keyboard apparatus for a player to perform a base tone; (d) a pedal keyboard information detecting means for detecting the pedal keyboard information including a pedal keyboard key depression presence information including whether said keys are depressed and a pedal keyboard tone name information of the depressed keys in said pedal keyboard apparatus; (e) a musical performance mode detecting means for automatically judging the performance mode intended by a player based on said pedal keyboard key depression presence information and hand keyboard depressed key number information; (f) a chord distinguishing means for distinguishing the root and type of chord being performed by the hand keyboard tone name information, the pedal keyboard tone name information, and the performance mode which is an output from the performance mode detecting means as automatically detected by the performance mode detecting means through the state of performance of a player; and (g) a chord type designating apparatus for modifying or designating the type of chord obtained by the chord distinguishing means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
167 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: (a) a hand keyboard apparatus for a player to perform a melody or a music accompaniment; (b) a hand keyboard information detecting means for detecting hand keyboard information including a hand keyboard tone name information of at least one depressed key and a hand keyboard depressed key number information obtained by counting the number of depressed keys in said hand keyboard apparatus; (c) a musical performance mode detecting means for automatically judging the performance mode intended by a player based on said hand keyboard depressed key number information; (d) a chord distinguishing means for distinguishing root and type of the chord being performed by the hand keyboard tone name information, and the performance mode which is an output from the performance mode detecting means as automatically detected by the performance mode detecting means through the state of performance of a player; and (e) a chord type designating apparatus for correcting and designating the type of chord obtained by the chord distinguishing means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
167 words
An electronic musical instrument comprising: (a) a hand keyboard apparatus for a player to perform a melody or a music accompaniment; (b) a hand keyboard information detecting means for detecting hand keyboard information including a hand keyboard tone name information of at least one depressed key and a hand keyboard depressed key number information obtained by counting the number of depressed keys in said hand keyboard apparatus; (c) a musical performance mode detecting means for automatically judging the performance mode intended by a player based on said hand keyboard depressed key number information; (d) a chord distinguishing means for distinguishing root and type of the chord being performed by the hand keyboard tone name information, and the performance mode which is an output from the performance mode detecting means as automatically detected by the performance mode detecting means through the state of performance of a player; and (e) a chord type designating apparatus for correcting and designating the type of chord obtained by the chord distinguishing means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 1, wherein the chord type designating device comprises a pedal keyboard apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 2, wherein the chord type designating device comprises a pedal keyboard apparatus.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a chord length designating apparatus for designating the length of a chord; a chord memory for storing the chord length, and root and type of the chord; and a write-in means for writing the chord into the chord memory.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: a chord length designating apparatus for designating the length of a chord; a chord memory for storing the chord length, and root and type of the chord; and a write-in means for writing the chord into the chord memory.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 2, further comprising: a chord length designating apparatus for designating the length of a chord; a chord memory for storing the chord length, and root and type of the chord; and a write-in means for writing the chord into the chord memory.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
50 words
An electronic musical instrument as claimed in claim 4, further comprising: a chord length designating apparatus for designating the length of a chord; a chord memory for storing the chord length, and root and type of the chord; and a write-in means for writing the chord into the chord memory.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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