Electronic musical instrument with a fret-split function

Details Electronic musical instrument with a fret-split function Electronic musical instrument with a fret-split function

1989-12-11

1991-01-22

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84722, 84659, G10D 306, G10D 108

Patent

active

049861573

ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an electronic musical instrument with a fret-split function, which is used in electronic stringed instruments such as an electronic guitar, electronic violin, guitar synthesizer. Fingering areas provided on a finger-board are divided on the basis of a particular fret among a plurality of frets provided on the fingering areas. Specific tone colors are assigned to these fingering areas thus divided, respectively. Fingering operation on fingering areas to which specific tone colors are assigned allows to generate a musical tone having a tone color previously assigned.

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patent: 4339979 (1982-07-01), Norman
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patent: 4658690 (1987-04-01), Aitken et al.
patent: 4723468 (1988-02-01), Takabayashi et al.
patent: 4817484 (1989-04-01), Iba et al.

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