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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4543869 | Electronic musical instrument producing chord tones utilizing channel assignment An electronic musical instrument is of a type in which tones are produced by a limited number of tone production channels which are efficiently used for a large number of tones utilizing channel assignment technology. A plurality of tones to constitute a ... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4539882 | Automatic accompaniment generating apparatus A plurality of tone data indicative of the pitch and duration of a series of tones forming the melody of a number are stored in a performance memory by operating a key input section. Accompaniment chord data can be automatically obtained from an automatic... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4522100 | Electronic musical instrument for reading out and performing musical tone data previously stored An electronic musical instrument for reading out and performing musical tone data previously stored in a memory is disclosed. In the musical instrument, pitch data of a musical piece or pieces are previously stored in the memory. Desired pitch data stored... | 06/11/1985 |
| 4476766 | Electronic musical instrument with means for generating accompaniment and melody sounds with different tone colors Predetermined performance keys in a group for a low octave section are used as read-out keys for reading out accompaniment memorized in a first memory, and the other keys in the keyboard are used as read-out keys for reading out melody memorized in a seco... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4350071 | Automatic accompaniment circuit An automatic accompaniment circuit which is provided with a code detector for scanning key switches to detect the code of a depressed one of the key switches, a latch circuit for latching the output signal of the code detector by a bar clock pulse which i... | 09/21/1982 |
| 4339978 | Electronic musical instrument with programmed accompaniment function An electronic musical instrument capable of providing automatic bass and chord accompaniments, either in accordance with a program prepared by the player or in immediate response to the depressing of a minimum number of keys on lower and pedal keyboards. ... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4319509 | Sequence generator for an electronic musical instrument A sequence generator system is disclosed for use in an electronic musical instrument wherein scanning circuits scan the instrument and produce a serial data stream corresponding to notes played on the instrument. The sequence generator system comprises se... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4198889 | Modulation circuitry for use in a music encoding system An apparatus for encoding data representative of keyboard music is disclosed. In the preferred embodiment, the data source is a keyboard which is played by a musician which incorporates a set of switches forming key closures. The closures themselves repre... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4171658 | Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument of a type having automatic performance functions includes means for switching a tone production mode to another tone production mode without stop of tone production when the automatic performance is stopped, so that a smoo... | 10/23/1979 |
