Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1995-12-08
1998-03-10
Witkowski, Stanley J.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84613, 84633, 84477R, 84DIG22, G09B 1504, G10H 126, G10H 138, G10H 146
Patent
active
057263728
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.
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Eventoff Franklin N.
Mohrbacher Bernard
Eventoff Franklin N.
Witkowski Stanley J.
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