Electronic musical instrument with counter melody function

Details Electronic musical instrument with counter melody function Electronic musical instrument with counter melody function

1983-03-14

1984-09-11

Isen, Forester W.

Music

Instruments

84 124, 84DIG22, G10F 100

Patent

active

044703325

ABSTRACT:
The electronic musical instrument is provided, in addition to usual tone producing circuitries associated with playing keys, with a chord designating circuit designating, according to key depression, a plurality of notes of that constitute a chord, a change detecting circuit for detecting a change in designated chord, a note selection circuit for selecting a note from among the designated notes according to a predetermined condition related to the preceeding selected note when the chord change is detected, and a musical tone forming circuit for forming musical tones of the selected notes. Succession of the selected notes constitute a counter line melody automatically established to meet the music being played on the instrument.

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