Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1998-07-21
2000-12-05
Donels, Jeffrey
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84613, 84619, 84669, G10H 500, H02M 500
Patent
active
061569666
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously generating the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and non-scale notes to play along with the chord, and making them available for playing in separate fixed-locations on the instrument. The method of composition involves the designation of a chord progression section on the instrument, then assigning chords or individual chord notes to this chord progression section according to a song key's defined customary scale or customary scale equivalent. Further, as each chord is played in the chord progression section, the individual notes of the currently triggered chords are generated and simultaneously made available for playing in a separate fixed location on the instrument. Fundamental and alternate notes of each chord may be generated and made available in separate fixed locations for composing purposes. Possible scale and/or non-scale notes, to play along with the currently triggered chord, can also be generated and simultaneously made available for playing in separate fixed locations on the instrument. All composition data can be stored in memory, or on a storage device, and can later be retrieved and performed by a user from a fixed location on the instrument, and on a reduced number of input controllers. Further, multiple instruments of the present invention can be utilized together to allow interaction among multiple users during composition and/or performance, with no knowledge of music theory required.
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