Automatic accompaniment apparatus and a storage device...

Details Automatic accompaniment apparatus and a storage device... Automatic accompaniment apparatus and a storage device...

2008-04-15

2008-04-15

Donels, Jeffrey W (Department: 2837)

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

Reexamination Certificate

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10931575

ABSTRACT:
An automatic accompaniment apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing accompaniment style data including basic accompaniment data for automatic accompaniment and replacement accompaniment data to be reproduced in place of the basic accompaniment data; and a reproducing unit for reading the stored accompaniment style data and reproducing the read accompaniment style data, the reproducing unit reproducing the read accompaniment style data by replacing a portion thereof with the replacement accompaniment data. The automatic accompaniment apparatus can generate derivative accompaniment style data from original accompaniment data with ease.

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Relevant Portion of Japanese Office Action issued in counterpart Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-165705, with mailing date Mar. 13, 2007.
Relevant Portions of Japanese Office Action issued in counterpart Japanese Patent Application No. 2005-165706, with mailing date of Mar. 13, 2007.
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