Electronic musical instrument with automatic accompaniment unit

Claim 2

An electronic musical instrument comprising: a keyboard having a plurality of performance keys; means for producing a detection signal as a function of at least one of (i) the amount of pressure of depression and (ii) speed of depression of a performance key; means for generating a plurality of preset automatic accompaniment pattern data; means for changing automatic accompaniment pattern data as a function of said detection signal; and means for providing automatic accompaniment tones as a function of changed automatic accompaniment pattern data.

Claim 3

The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said changing means includes: comparison value generator means; means for comparing the comparison value output of said comparison value generator means and said detection signal; means for providing an address change signal according to the result of comparison in said comparing means; and an automatic accompaniment pattern memory in which a plurality of automatic accompaniment pattern data are sotred and which provides automatic accompaniment pattern data according to said address change signal.

Claim 4

The electronic musical instrument according to claim 1, wherein said means for generating a plurality of preset automatic accompaniment pattern data includes: a memory with a plurality of automatic accompaniment pattern data stored therein; tempo clock generator means for generating a tempo clock output; a tempo counter for receiving the tempo clock output of said tempo clock generator means and supplying address designation data to said memory in accordance with the progress of tempo; and means for selectively designating said automatic accompaniment pattern data stored in said memory.

Claim 5

The electronic musical instrument according to claim 2, wherein said selective control means further includes: a measure counter with a predetermined number preset therein according to the output of said comparing means; means for decrementing the count of said measure counter every time the performance of one measure is ended; and means for removing said address change signal from said automatic accompaniment pattern memory when the count of said measure counter becomes zero.

Claim 6

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 2, wherein said comparison value generator means includes means for generating a comparison value with respect to a preceding key operation state from a plurality of series of detection signals from said detection signal producing means; and said changing means further includes means for controlling generation of a prescribed effect tone in response to an output of said comparing means.

Claim 7

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 5, wherein said comparison value generating means includes means for calculating a mean value of said series of a plurality of key depression detection signals to obtain the comparison value.

Claim 8

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 5, wherein said comparison value generating means includes means for setting said preceding detection signal as a new comparison value when key depression interval is within a prescribed period of time, while and an interval of the key depression period is larger than a prescribed period of time, a mean value of a series of a plurality of key depression detection signals is used as a new comparison value.

Claim 9

An electronic musical instrument comprising: means for producing a detection signal as a function of at least one of (i) pressure of depression and (ii) speed of depression of a performance key level detection means for detecting whther or not said detection signal is larger than a preset level; means for changing a rhythm pattern as a function of a level detection signal produced from said level detection means; and means for generating rhythm sounds as a function of a changed rhythm pattern.

Claim 10

An electronic musical instrument comprising: means for producing a detection signal as a function of at least one of (i) pressure of depression and (ii) speed of depression of a performance key level detection means for detecting whther or not said detection signal is larger than a preset level; means for changing a rhythm pattern as a function of a level detection signal produced from said level detection means; and means for generating rhythm sounds as a function of a changed rhythm pattern.

Claim 11

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 8, wherein said pattern changing means includes means for changing a rhythm pattern when it is detected that said detection signal becomes larger than the preset level and for restoring the changed pattern after a preset lapse of time.

Claim 12

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 8, wherein said level detection means includes means for executing a predetermined calculation upon a current detection level and the preset level, and for setting a result of the calculation as an updated new preset level.

Claim 13

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 10, wherein said level detection means further includes means for detecting whether or not said detection level is larger than a fixed level.

Claim 14

An electronic musical instrument comprising: means for extracting feature data representing a feature of a key operation state as a function of a key operation done within a preset period of time, said feature data extracting means including means for geneating a plurality of timing data within a period of a measure in a piece of music being played, means ofr storing key depression data each time said timing data is generated, means for obtaining the total number of key depressions in said measure, and means for dividing key depression data stored at each time said timing data is generated by the total number of said key depressions to generate a series of feature data each time said timing data is generated; pattern selection means for selecting an appropriate accompaniment patterm from preset accompaniment patterns as a function of said feature data extracted by said feature extracting means; and means for generating an accompaniment sound with an accompaniment pattern selected by said pattern selection means.

Claim 15

An electronic musical instrument comprising: means for extracting feature data representing a feature of a key operation state as a function of a key operation done within a preset period of time, said feature data extracting means including means for geneating a plurality of timing data within a period of a measure in a piece of music being played, means ofr storing key depression data each time said timing data is generated, means for obtaining the total number of key depressions in said measure, and means for dividing key depression data stored at each time said timing data is generated by the total number of said key depressions to generate a series of feature data each time said timing data is generated; pattern selection means for selecting an appropriate accompaniment patterm from preset accompaniment patterns as a function of said feature data extracted by said feature extracting means; and means for generating an accompaniment sound with an accompaniment pattern selected by said pattern selection means.

Claim 16

An electronic musical instrument according to claim 12, wherein said pattern selection means includes; means for storing a plurality of series of preset reference feature data; a pattern classification circuit for obtaining a similarity between said series of preset reference feature data and said detected seies of feature data; and an accompnaiment pattern data memory means to which an output of said pattern classification circuit is supplied as address designation data.