Electronic musical instrument having an ad-libbing function
CA 2004452 C · Owner: Yamaguchi, Masafumi · Inventors: Yamaguchi, Masafumi; Takahashi, Hideki
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An electronic keyboard or similar electronic musical instrument having an automatic rhythm playing function and an ad-libbing function. The instrument includes keys to which an ad-libbing function is assigned. When one presses any of the ad-libbing keys on the keyboard, the instrument allows the operator to feel as if the operator were performing an ad-lib. Various kinds of ad lib plays are available by looping note data representative of a single melody or by transforming the note data to a plurality of melodies by chord detection.
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- Filed December 1, 1989 and granted July 2, 1996. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 1, 2009.
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