Electronic musical instrument with sampling and comparison of pe

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1994-04-05

1997-02-11

Shoop, Jr., William M.

Music

Instruments

Electrical musical tone generation

84603, A63H 500, G04B 1300, G10H 700

Patent

active

056023561

ABSTRACT:
A music system including a musical instrument, such as a keyboard strummer, in which the musical notes produced by the playing of the instrument are controlled by musical assistance data mapped unto the instrument keys and strum vanes from tracks specially prepared and synchronized with a prior performance of the piece. Modified mass media, such as CD ROM, TV signals and video cassettes are provided including synchronized note assist data and additional media, such as ROM packs or tone encoded audio cassettes or CDs, are provided with synchronizable note assist data for use with unmodified mass media.

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