Abstract
Provided are an electronic musical instrument, computer storage device, and method for generating tone. A sound source in an electronic musical instrument generates a first tone at a first pitch in response to a first tone generation instruction received by an input device of the electronic musical instrument. A second tone generation instruction is received to generate a second tone at a second pitch while generating the first tone at the sound source. A determination is made of a pitch difference of the first and the second pitches. The sound source is controlled to generate the second tone and to not generate the first tone in response to determining that the pitch difference does not exceed a predetermined number of tones. The sound source is controlled to generate the second tone in response to determining that the pitch difference exceeds the predetermined number of tones.
Recommended Citation
M. Nakagawa et al., "Electronic Musical Instrument to Generate Musical Tones to Imitate a Stringed Instrument," U.S. Patents, Dec 2015.
Department(s)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Patent Application Number
US13/403,351
Patent Number
US9214145B2
Document Type
Patent
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2012 Roland Corporation, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
15 Dec 2015
