Electronic musical instrument having guitar-like chord selection

Details Electronic musical instrument having guitar-like chord selection Electronic musical instrument having guitar-like chord selection

1998-05-27

2000-08-29

Nappi, Robert E.

Music

Instruments

General features

84423R, 84479A, 84669, 84744, 84DIG22, G10C 312

Patent

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061111791

ABSTRACT:
A musical instrument, comprising a neck and a body. A chord selector is present on the neck, and a note selector is present on the body. The chord selector comprises a plurality of locations, each having a tonic and a quality. The note selector is a touch sensitive strip that is linearly arranged like a piano keyboard. A note is sounded only if it is simultaneously pressed on the note selector, and is present in one of the chords selected on the chord selector. Thus, once a chord is selected, it may be picked, strummed, or arpeggiated by employing different hand motions upon the note selector.

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