Hand-held musical instrument and systems including a man-machine

Details Hand-held musical instrument and systems including a man-machine Hand-held musical instrument and systems including a man-machine

1979-08-22

1984-02-14

Witkowski, Stanley J.

Music

Instruments

84 127, 84DIG7, G10H 118, G10H 146

Patent

active

044309171

ABSTRACT:
A hand-held electronic musical instrument and system has a plurality of resistance elements that have adjacent thereto indentations or notches, or other tactile structures for locating discrete notes. Each resistance element is connected to a circuit for translating the position of the musician's finger on the element into an electrical signal, the frequency of the signal corresponding to the position touched. Transducers convert the electrical signals into sounds, which are modified by an acoustic cavity within the instrument. At least one control panel is provided on a side of the instrument engaged by the thumb or thumbs of the musician, each control panel also being a one-dimensional touch panel with the control axis perpendicular to the long axis of the panel so that the musician's thumb can slide along the panel parallel to the long axis without changing its position in the control axis. The musician controls the volume of the sound by adjusting the position of the thumb transverse to the instrument.

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