Electronic musical instrument

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1987-03-27

1988-02-23

Perkey, W. B.

Music

Instruments

84 116, G01H 102

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047262753

ABSTRACT:
A guitar-like electronic musical instrument for use with a synthesizer has six pitch strings on the neck which the player depresses onto conductive frets to determine the selected semitone. A transducer senses if the player forces the string laterally on the fret and if the string is so laterally forced (bent) beyond a threshold, further pitch detection is inhibited. The fret construction can be much simplified and there is no danger of spurious notes being caused by contact with adjacent strings.

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