Class 84/638 - Arpeggio

Subclass of Class 84 - Music
Definition: Subject matter wherein the data represents chord tones to
No. of patents: 37
Last issue date: 03/29/2011

Number	Title	Issue Date
7915513	Automatic accompaniment generating apparatus and method An automatic accompaniment generating apparatus capable of generating automatic accompaniment as intended by a user. In an arpeggio sounding data generation mode, when key depression tones are input by a user's key depression operation after arpeggio pattern data is...	03/29/2011
7432437	Apparatus and computer program for playing arpeggio with regular pattern and accentuated pattern An arpeggio playing apparatus comprises an arpeggio pattern storing device, an arpeggio pattern readout device and an arpeggio tone processing device. The arpeggio pattern storing device stores at least one arpeggio pattern pair including a regular version pattern a...	10/07/2008
7432436	Apparatus and computer program for playing arpeggio An arpeggio playing apparatus comprises a musical tone signal generating device including a plurality of arpeggio playing parts, or an automatic music playing device and at least one arpeggio playing part. The arpeggio playing part is capable of playing an automatic...	10/07/2008
7342166	Method and apparatus for randomized variation of musical data An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations of the ini...	03/11/2008
7323630	Automatic performance system An automatic musical performance system stores musical data such as performance patterns and pattern sequences. During performance, the user provides input indicating tones to be added to or deleted from the musical performance, and the stored musical data is update...	01/29/2008
7215328	Multimedia keyboard A multimedia console incorporating an alphanumeric keyboard, and a musical key-bed is described for generating multimedia work product conveniently when coupled with a digital personal computer or optionally as a stand alone music equipment. The musical key-bed is o...	05/08/2007
7169997	Method and apparatus for phase controlled music generation An initial note series is collected from a real-time source of musical input material such as a keyboard or a sequencer playing back musical data, or extracted from musical data stored in memory. The initial note series may be altered to create variations of the ini...	01/30/2007
7091410	Apparatus and computer program for providing arpeggio patterns Various arpeggio patterns are provided for an automatic arpeggio performance in an electronic musical apparatus, in which arpeggio notes are sounded in various timbres and appropriate arpeggio types are selected for the respective timbres. For each of a plurality of...	08/15/2006
6166316	Automatic performance apparatus with variable arpeggio pattern An automatic performance apparatus that is responsive to a manual player of an input implement for producing either an arpeggio performance or a pattern performance in a modified form. Specifically, the present invention includes: a sequencer block that i...	12/26/2000
6051771	Apparatus and method for generating arpeggio notes based on a plurality of arpeggio patterns and modified arpeggio patterns An arpeggio notes generating apparatus includes a ROM which stores data defining a plurality of arpeggio patterns and a plurality of groove patterns. An arpeggio pattern is composed of a succession of chord constituent notes to be generated at respectivel...	04/18/2000
5973253	Electronic musical instrument for conducting an arpeggio performance of a stringed instrument An electronic musical instrument for conducting an arpeggio performance of a stringed instrument capable of readily producing a pattern for the arpeggio performance as one likes, and also of conducting the arpeggio performance which is perceived as being ...	10/26/1999
5973254	Automatic performance device and method achieving improved output form of automatically-performed note data An automatic performance, such as an automatic arpeggio performance or a short-phrase sequence performance, is executed on the the basis of manual performance note data corresponding to key depression on a keyboard, and automatic performance note data are...	10/26/1999
5898120	Auto-play apparatus for arpeggio tones An auto-play apparatus has a ROM which pre-stores arpeggio pattern data including a sequence pattern, a trigger pattern, and a gater pattern, and a tone signal generation circuit for generating tones on the basis of these arpeggio pattern data. The appara...	04/27/1999
5796026	Electronic musical apparatus capable of automatically analyzing performance information of a musical tune An electronic musical apparatus having a performance information analyzer for automatically analyzing a performance information of a musical tune into a plurality of performance parts, wherein the analyzer is designed to be applied with a performance info...	08/18/1998
5726374	Keyboard electronic musical instrument with guitar emulation function A polyphonic electronic musical instrument is provided wherein a keyboard is used to trigger arpeggiated chords which emulate a strumming guitar sound. Select keys are provided for selecting which notes are included in chords to be strummed. At least one ...	03/10/1998
5177312	Electronic musical instrument having automatic ornamental effect An electronic musical instrument generates musical tones corresponding to a melody tone and a chord tone which are designated by a performer. In order to apply a specific musical effect or generate an ornament, a front percussive tone, or forefall, is aut...	01/05/1993
5003860	Automatic accompaniment apparatus An automatic accompaniment apparatus plays, in real-time, an accompanimental line that is subordinated to a melodic line and formed by a succession of harmonic and nonharmonic tones. The apparatus comprises a key determining unit which determines a key in...	04/02/1991
4982643	Automatic composer An automatic composer comprises an input unit which inputs a melody forming part of a music piece and a chord progression of music, a melody analyzer which extracts parameters characterizing the input melody and a melody generator which develops a melody ...	01/08/1991
4864908	System for selecting accompaniment patterns in an electronic musical instrument A system for selecting accompaniment patterns in accordance with which accompaniment musical tones are produced in an electronic musical instrument. The system includes a memory for storing a plurality of accompaniment patterns. A plurality of storage dev...	09/12/1989
4624170	Electronic musical instrument with automatic accompaniment function When a desired rhythm is selected by a rhythm key group, corresponding rhythm data is set in a rhythm register in a CPU. Meanwhile, accompaniment pattern data is set in bass, backing and arpeggio registers by operation of corresponding bass, backing and a...	11/25/1986
4534257	Electronic musical instrument A plurality of channels for generating musical tones are provided in LSI chips. A CPU allots a performance mode selected by select switches to the channel or channels. The melody sounds or accompaniment allotted to the channels are generated by a time div...	08/13/1985
4444081	Arpeggio generating system and method In an electronic musical instrument, an apparatus and method are described for automatically generating arpeggios from selected chords while requiring only a minimum amount of performance sophistication and dexterity. In the preferred embodiment, a plural...	04/24/1984
4336735	Electronic musical instrument generating supplementary notes automatically established from played notes A three-keyboard electronic musical instrument of the type generating binary-coded primary key data representative of notes played on the keyboards, and secondary key data representative of unplayed notes that are correlated with the played notes in some ...	06/29/1982
4275634	Electronic musical instrument with automatic arpeggio faculty An electronic musical instrument is of a channel assignment type and simultaneously produces a plurality of tones in automatic arpeggio performance. For that purpose, the instrument incorporates a plurality of automatic arpeggio performance channels. An a...	06/30/1981
4267762	Electronic musical instrument with automatic arpeggio performance device An electronic musical instrument is of a type wherein a key depression brings forth the generation of a key code identifying the depressed key in a digital representation, and the key code designates the tone to be produced. Based on the single key code o...	05/19/1981
4235142	Electronic musical instrument of time-shared digital processing type An electronic musical instrument is of a time-shared digital processing type and capable of producing musical tones for a special performance. There are provided, at suitable time intervals, time periods in which no key code of a depressed key is produced...	11/25/1980
4217804	Electronic musical instrument with automatic arpeggio performance device An electronic musical instrument having a channel processor. The channel processor includes a tone production assignment circuit and an automatic arpeggio circuit. The tone production assignment circuit includes a key code memory circuit of a plurality of...	08/19/1980
4192211	Electronic musical instrument A tone production assignment circuit produces control information representing assigned key code, key-on etc. Such information has a large number of bits with respect to each channel. A multiplexing circuit has output lines the number of which is smaller ...	03/11/1980
4186640	Electronic musical instrument An electronic musical instrument comprises an automatic rhythm performance device, an automatic bass chord performance device and an automatic arpeggio performance device. Each device has its own start-stop control circuit and a control in/out terminal. W...	02/05/1980
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
4159663	Electronic musical instrument with different types of tone forming systems An electronic musical instrument comprises a plurality of musical tone forming systems capable of producing musical tones of different tone qualities. A priority is established between the respective musical tone forming systems and one which is of a high...	07/03/1979
4158978	Electronic musical instrument capable of producing "chord pyramid" arpeggio effects An electronic musical instrument capable of producing a performance effect resembling arpeggio. Tones corresponding to one or more depressed keys are sequentially produced from the lowest tone or the highest tone and an octave range in which tones are pro...	06/26/1979
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
4148241	Electronic musical instrument with means for automatically generating chords and harmony An electronic musical instrument incorporates a single integrated circuit chip for performing a variety of logical operations for the production of chords and various accompaniment signals automatically, in response to depression of one or two keys within...	04/10/1979
4054078	Automatic arpeggio electronic musical instrument An automatic arpeggio musical instrument includes a pulse generator having a plurality of keys for generating periodic pulses by depression of one of the keys, each of the keys generating a voltage, a timing pulse generator connected to the pulse generato...	10/18/1977
3954038	Electrical musical instrument with automatic sequential tone generation An electronic organ includes digital circuitry for automatically enabling in a sequential manner a plurality of gates to pass tone signals to a corresponding plurality of keyers. The sequential enabling is separately controllable by an arpeggio circuit, a...	05/04/1976

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Class 84/638 - Arpeggio