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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2018
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Yuji Tabata, Ome, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic wind instrument is provided, which is capable of representing a wide range of performances using a tonguing operation. The electronic wind instrument has at least one sensor, a sound source for generating a tone, and a controller. The controller controls a tonguing performance detecting process for detecting a tonguing performance played by the player based on the output value from the one sensor, and a tone muting process for muting the tone output from the speaker in accordance with the lip position of the player determined in the lip position determining process, while the tonguing performance is being detected in the tonguing performance detecting process.