Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1995-04-17
1998-05-26
Shoop, Jr., William M.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84635, G10H 136, G10H 700
Patent
active
057569177
ABSTRACT:
A pattern memory stores plural accompaniment patterns for each of plural accompaniment components, and each of the accompaniment components is composed of one or more musical instrument parts. An operator is provided for selecting a desired accompaniment pattern for each of the components, and the accompaniment patterns correspond, in accordance with a predetermined rule, to different possible manners in which the operator is actuated, so that a specific accompaniment pattern corresponding to a manner in which the operator is actually actuated. A new accompaniment pattern is registered into the pattern memory in accordance with the predetermined rule. Information indicative of the predetermined rule may be shown on a display. The pattern memory may store accompaniment patterns for each of plural different accompaniment styles, and specific accompaniment patterns may by shared between the accompaniment styles. There are proposed various variations to select a desired accompaniment pattern for each accompaniment component. Further, it is also possible to selectively read out a predetermined part of a specific accompaniment pattern and to set such a condition to prevent a specific accompaniment from being read out. Moreover, it is possible to read out a specific accompaniment pattern which satisfies a predetermined retrieval condition or which is close to a desired accompaniment pattern. It is also possible to read out plural accompaniment patterns in sequence for sequential reproductive performance.
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Aoki Eiichiro
Mizuno Shigehiko
Ohba Hiroyuki
Sakama Masao
Tohgi Yutaka
Donels Jeffrey W.
Shoop Jr. William M.
Yamaha Corporation
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