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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365263 | Intonation training device An intonation training device for training musicians in just intonation. As disclosed, the device is a pocket-sized portable device with an audio output and a user interface which includes an LCD display and a device such as a push button for selecting an item from ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7335834 | Musical composition data creation device and method An apparatus and a method for making music data each perform converting an input audio signal indicative of a music piece into a frequency signal indicative of magnitudes of frequency components at predetermined time intervals; extracting frequency components corres... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7288710 | Music searching apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for searching for a music piece which includes a storing device for storing first chord progression music data for a plurality of music pieces representing chronological changes in chords in the music pieces. Second chord progression music ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7288711 | Chord presenting apparatus and storage device storing a chord presenting computer program CPU 31 reads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage device 34 or the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data. In presenting the chords to the user, display 21 or ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7250567 | Automatic musical composition classification device and method An automatic musical composition classification device and method that allow a plurality of musical compositions to be automatically classified based on the melody similarity. Chord progression pattern data representing a chord progression sequence for each of the p... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7202408 | Methods and electronic systems for fingering assignments Embodiments of the disclosure relate to assignment of fingering for performance of a musical piece. In one example, a processor of an electronic system receives a file having data relating to at least one musical piece. The processor parses the file and assigns keys... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7179981 | Music structure detection apparatus and method An apparatus and a method for detecting the structure of a music piece which produces partial music data pieces each including a predetermined number of consecutive chords starting from a position of each chord in chord progression music data; compares the partial m... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7109407 | Chord presenting apparatus and storage device storing a chord presenting computer program CPU 31 reads out plural chord data which are stored in external storage device 34 or the like and represent a series of chords, and presents to a user the chords represented by the chord data. In presenting the chords to the user, display 21 or ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7094964 | Music performance data processing method and apparatus adapted to control a display Performance data processing apparatus includes a memory for storing settings input by a user and a processor for performing various control in accordance with the settings stored in the memory. Performance data are displayed in one or more display forms desired by t... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096186 | Device and method for analyzing and representing sound signals in the musical notation Sound signal is received which contains sound characteristics to be represented in musical notation. The characteristics, such as a volume level of the sound signal, are extracted out of the received sound signal, and various parameters for use in subsequent analysi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6993514 | Mechanism and method for continuous operation of a rule server An improved method and mechanism is disclosed for updating rules used by a rule server. An embodiment is directed to a method and mechanism for connecting one or more rule service agents to a rule server, in which rules may be changed and put into operation without ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6777607 | Moving tempered music scale method and apparatus A musical instrument and a method of operating it. An instrument and method which retunes and adjusts volumes in response to the chord being sustained and the way that chord is voiced. The instrument is capable of producing tones, the intervals between which are equ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6753466 | Electronic programmable system for playing stringed instruments and method of using same An electronic programmable system including a membrane switch chordboard with a printed chord arrangement affixed to the chordboard. A chord arrangement is written for each different stringed instrument. The chordboard also has a plurality of | 06/22/2004 |
| RE38477 | Performance information analyzer and chord detection device associated therewith A performance information analyzer wherein one of tone pitch information data applied thereto in response to progress of performance of a musical tune is analyzed into one of plural performance parts on a basis of a difference in tone pitch between the one of the to... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6448487 | Moving tempered musical scale method and apparatus A musical instrument and a method of operating it. An instrument and method which retunes and adjusts volumes in response to the chord being sustained and the way that chord is voiced. The instrument is capable of producing tones, the intervals between wh... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6313389 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus adjusting sound levels for each part of a plurality of patterns when one pattern is switched to another pattern An automatic accompaniment apparatus has a storage unit (53) for storing information on a variation pattern selection state and the mute setup state of each part of each variation, and a control unit (55) for controlling to make each part in a tone genera... | 11/06/2001 |
| 6307140 | Music apparatus with pitch shift of input voice dependently on timbre change A music apparatus is constructed for receiving an input signal composed of either of a voice signal and a tone signal and for processing the input signal based on a timbre change command signal to generate at least one channel of an output signal. In the ... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6156965 | Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously making the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and non-... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6156966 | Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously generating the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6111179 | Electronic musical instrument having guitar-like chord selection and keyboard note selection A musical instrument, comprising a neck and a body. A chord selector is present on the neck, and a note selector is present on the body. The chord selector comprises a plurality of locations, each having a tonic and a quality. The note selector is a touch... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6060655 | Apparatus for composing chord progression by genetic operations The present chord progression composer provides an open and wide space of composition and yet can compose those chord progressions having a desired valuation of fitness for a given melody. To this end, the composer receives an initial chord progression po... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6057503 | Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously making the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and non-... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6046396 | Stringed musical instrument performance information composing apparatus and method The apparatus and method composes performance information which represents a musical performance on a stringed instrument having a plurality of strings, each string being capable of generating a tone having a pitch which is selectively assigned to each st... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5977472 | Chord detecting apparatus and method, and machine readable medium containing program therefor A chord detecting apparatus includes a computer which, by executing a program, detects chords as designated by player's operation on a keyboard or by key data inputted from an external source. The program includes two kinds of chord detection algorithms, ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5942710 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus and method with chord variety progression patterns, and machine readable medium containing program therefore An automatic accompaniment apparatus stores a plurality of chord variety progression patterns corresponding to the respective types of chords. Each chord variety progression pattern is constituted by a subprogression of plural chords provided for the corr... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5922984 | Electrical simulator of a plectrum instrument An electrical simulator of a plectrum instrument, including: a microprocessor (3) which is suitable to convert a chord set up on a keyboard (13), received by means of a standardized signal, into a chord which is identical but is, in terms of fingering and numb... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5883326 | Music composition A music composition system, comprising receiving a first harmony including a first melody, analyzing the first harmony to derive in real-time a rule relating the first melody to the first harmony, receiving a second melody, and applying the rule in real-t... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5852252 | Chord progression input/modification device In a chord progression input/modification device, when a key and a single or two successive reference chords are designated by a user, available chords are acquired and displayed. Any one of the available chords can be used, in consonance with musical the... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5786540 | Controller apparatus for music sequencer The apparatus includes a plurality of foot-operated switches, each switch associated with a particular musical note in a selected octave. Additional switches are provided for tempo (beat control) and selection of minor and seventh chord variations. The ap... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5783767 | Fixed-location method of composing and peforming and a musical instrument A method for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument are provided. The method provides a technique in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously generating the individual notes of the c... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5760326 | Tone signal processing device capable of parallelly performing an automatic performance process and an effect imparting, tuning or like process An automatic performance section and an effect imparting section or (and) a pitch measuring section are provided in combination within a single device, and the operations of these sections are collectively controlled by a processor. To an external sound s... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5736666 | Music composition A music composition system, comprising receiving a first harmony including a first melody, analyzing the first harmony to derive in real-time a rule relating the first melody to the first harmony, receiving a second melody, and applying the rule in real-t... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5650583 | Automatic performance device capable of making and changing accompaniment pattern with ease A pattern memory stores plural accompaniment patterns for each of plural accompaniment components. Each of the accompaniment components is composed of one or more musical instrument parts for an accompaniment performance. There are provided operating memb... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5650584 | Fixed-location method of composing and performing and a musical instrument A method and apparatus for composing and performing music on an electronic instrument in which individual chord progression chords can be triggered in real-time, while simultaneously making the individual notes of the chord, and/or possible scale and non-... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5641928 | Musical instrument having a chord detecting function In accordance with one chord detecting approach, a peak value of the number of notes composing performance data is periodically detected for each predetermined time period and a combination of notes corresponding to the detected peak value is extracted as... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5639980 | Performance data editing apparatus A performance data editing apparatus wherein chords in performance data of a musical tune applied from an external memory element or performance apparatus are detected and normalized into a predetermined tone scale on a basis of their respective types and... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5612501 | Automatic accompaniment information producing apparatus In an automatic accompaniment information producing apparatus, tone pitch information of an accompaniment pattern applied from an external device is converted in tone pitch in accordance with a designation chord, an original chord based on the accompanime... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5597971 | Chord information generating apparatus and chord information generating method A chord information generating apparatus and a chord information generating method, for detecting a key depression state every time when keys in a specific key area are depressed, forming data which represents a skilled person or a beginner on the basis o... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5539146 | Performance information analyzer and chord detection device associated therewith A performance information analyzer wherein one of tone pitch information data applied thereto in response to progress of performance of a musical tune is analyzed into one of plural performance parts on a basis of a difference in tone pitch between the on... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5502275 | Automatic accompaniment apparatus implementing smooth transition to fill-in performance When a switching operation from a normal pattern to a special pattern is instructed while an automatic accompaniment operation is being executed using normal pattern data, the pattern to be read out is switched from the normal pattern to the special patte... | 03/26/1996 |
