United States Patent
US Patent 5010800: Electronic musical instrument capable of…
US 5010800 · granted 1991-04-30
Abstract
An electronic muscial instrument for use in a stringed instrument such as a guitar, a guitar synthesizer or a violin. Two modes can be selectively set by a mode setting operation conducted on a mode setting section. Even if the same fingering operation is performed, a pitch designated by the fingering operation differs depending on which one of the two modes is currently set.
| Patent Number | 5010800 |
|---|---|
| Title | Electronic musical instrument capable of selecting between fret and fretless modes |
| Filed | 1989-09-14 |
| Granted | 1991-04-30 |
| Inventor(s) | Yoshida; Satoshi |
| Assignee | Casio Computer Co., Ltd. |
| Number of Claims | 77 |
Abstract
An electronic muscial instrument for use in a stringed instrument such as a guitar, a guitar synthesizer or a violin. Two modes can be selectively set by a mode setting operation conducted on a mode setting section. Even if the same fingering operation is performed, a pitch designated by the fingering operation differs depending on which one of the two modes is currently set.
Claim 1
An electronic musical instrument comprising: a fingerboard having a fingering operation area over which a player performs a fingering operation; mode setting means for selectively setting a fret mode for dividing said fingering operation area into a plurality of first pitch designation regions in half-tone pitch units, and a fretless mode for dividing each of said first pitch designationregions into a plurality of second pitch designation regions in pitch units smaller than said half-tone pitch units; and pitch designating means for, when a fingering operation position is changed within a specific first pitch designation region of said plurality of first pitch designation regions in said fret mode set by said mode setting means, designating a samepitch as assigned to said specific first pitch designation region irrespective of a change in fingering operation position, and for, when said fingering operation position is changed to a specific second pitch designation region in said plurality ofsecond pitch designation regions in said fretless mode set by said mode setting means, newly designating a pitch assigned to said specific second pitch designation region in response to a change
Claims
77 totalAn electronic musical instrument comprising: a fingerboard having a fingering operation area over which a player performs a fingering operation; mode setting means for selectively setting a fret mode for dividing said fingering operation area into a plurality of first pitch designation regions in half-tone pitch units, and a fretless mode for dividing each of said first pitch designationregions into a plurality of second pitch designation regions in pitch units smaller than said half-tone pitch units; and pitch designating means for, when a fingering operation position is changed within a specific first pitch designation region of said plurality of first pitch designation regions in said fret mode set by said mode setting means, designating a samepitch as assigned to said specific first pitch designation region irrespective of a change in fingering operation position, and for, when said fingering operation position is changed to a specific second pitch designation region in said plurality ofsecond pitch designation regions in said fretless mode set by said mode setting means, newly designating a pitch assigned to said specific second pitch designation region in response to a change