Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1990-03-07
1992-01-21
Grimley, A. T.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84626, 84639, 84644, 250221, G10H 1500
Patent
active
050818961
ABSTRACT:
The musical tone generating apparatus converts a movement of a man into a musical tone. Such movement of the man includes a walking or running movement, a jumping movement, a rubbing movement and a beating movement, a turning movement and the like. More specifically, a tone pitch, a tone color, a tone volume or other parameters of the musical tone to be generated is controlled based on a value of a moving speed, a value of a jumping height or a value of frictional heat produced by the rubbing movement of player's hands.
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Aoki Eiichiro
Hiyoshi Teruo
Kumano Shinji
Nakada Akira
Sakama Masao
Grimley A. T.
Smith Mathew S.
Yamaha Corporation
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