Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Patent
1995-12-19
1998-11-03
Cabeca, John W.
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
84604, 84610, 84615, 84634, G01H 118, G01H 136
Patent
active
058311955
ABSTRACT:
An automatic performance device includes a memory for storing automatic performance data (including accompaniment-related data) for a plurality of performance parts and automatic accompaniment data, performance and accompaniment sections for reading out the automatic performance data and automatic accompaniment data respectively to execute performance based on the respective read-out data, and a mute section for muting a performance for at least one of the performance parts of the automatic performance data when the accompaniment section executes the performance based on the automatic accompaniment data. The device may includes a style data storage section for storing automatic accompaniment pattern data for each of a plurality of performance styles, a performance data storage section for storing automatic performance data containing pattern designation information designating a performance style to be used, a first performance section for reading out the automatic performance data to execute a performance based on the read-out data, a conversion section for converting the read-out pattern designation information into other pattern designation information, and a second performance section for reading out the accompaniment pattern data in accordance with the other pattern designation information so as to execute a performance based on the read-out data.
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Cabeca John W.
Fletcher Marlon T.
Yamaha Corporation
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