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Performance instructing apparatus

Patent 5902948 Issued on May 11, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 14, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent #: 5496963
Issued on: 03/05/1996
Inventor: Ito

Apparatus of a playing practice for electronic musical instrument and control method thereof
Patent #: 5544562
Issued on: 08/13/1996
Inventor: Jeon

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 856301 filed on 05/14/1997

US Classes:

84/609, Note sequence84/477R, Indicators84/649Note sequence

Examiners

Primary: Shoop, William M. Jr.
Assistant: Donels, Jeffrey

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 6-2714162 JP. 09/21/1994

International Class

G09B 15//02

Foreign Application Priority Data

1996-05-16 JP

Abstract

A performance instructing apparatus is provided wherein data that meet a predetermined condition or conditions are extracted from each predetermined range of automatic performance data, and the predetermined range and the predetermined condition used when the data are extracted are changed depending upon a performance level entered through a performance level input device. The data extracted from the automatic performance data may be used for guiding a player through the performance.

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