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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4295402 | Automatic chord accompaniment for a guitar In an electrical tone generator apparatus is provided for automatically selecting one of a library of chord types which is closest to a chord fingered on a fretted string instrument. The closest decision is made by processing the fingered fret input data ... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4282788 | Electronic musical instrument with automatic chord performance device An electronic musical instrument with an automatic chord performance device is of a type in which chord tones of plural series of different tone colors in different rhythm patterns are produced. This instrument employs a memory for storing a plurality of ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4230012 | Musical instrument and method for use therein Methods and apparatus are disclosed which are utilized in providing a musical instrument useful for composing, teaching, learning and performing music. The instrument includes a pitch detector which responds to an applied input signal to produce and octav... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4202236 | Chord pattern generator Circuitry for generating rhythmic patterns of notes corresponding to notes of a selected chord wherein tone signals according to the notes of the selected chord are connected to the inputs of keyers each time a chord playing key is depressed and control a... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4184401 | Electronic musical instrument with automatic bass chord performance device An electronic musical instrument comprises an upper keyboard channel, a lower keyboard channel and a pedal keyboard channel. The lower keyboard channel includes a tone gate which is actuated by a chord rhythm pattern pulse generated by an automatic rhythm... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4156379 | Digital arpeggio system Disclosed is a digital arpeggio system for an electronic organ that through the use of digital techniques permits arpeggios, note sequences as well as strum, multi, organ, and normal modes of operation to be played automatically. Two counters scan by coun... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4154131 | Digital arpeggio system Disclosed is a digital arpeggio system for an electronic organ that through the use of digital techniques permits arpeggios, note sequences as well as strum, multi, organ, and normal modes of operation to be played automatically. Two counters scan by coun... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4152965 | Organ circuit and method of operation An organ circuit and method of operation in which a detecting system detects combinations of keys played in the accompaniment portion of the keyboard arrangement of an electronic organ and through associated circuitry causes a respective chord to sound re... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4142433 | Automatic bass chord system In order to simplify the intricate wiring in known automatic bass chord systems and to reduce the number of separate decoders used therein for all chords of each key, an apparatus is provided which allows the use of only one decoder per chord type. When a... | 03/06/1979 |
| 4138918 | Automatic musical instrument An automatic musical instrument in which a chord discrimination and a musical performance circuit are arranged so that a comparator with multiple input terminals on one side, is connected to a memory circuit having multiple basic types of chords memorized... | 02/13/1979 |
| 4129055 | Electronic organ with chord and tab switch setting programming and playback Circuitry in an electronic organ for electronically storing a series of signals corresponding to depressed keys depression and for recalling the stored series in response to player commands. The circuit allows the player to play accompaniment chords of a piece... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4012979 | Music teaching apparatus An apparatus for teaching a person to play a musical instrument, particularly a keyboard instrument. The chord and melody notes of a musical passage are stored in a memory in the form of chord words and melody words each comprising a predetermined number ... | 03/22/1977 |
