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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2020
Roland Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Masakazu Hirose, Shizuoka, JP;
Yuji Terada, Shizuoka, JP;
Roland Corporation, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic wind instrument and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic wind instrument includes an acquisition unit which acquires an operation performed on a playing operator, a breathing detection unit which detects breathing, and a control unit which generates a musical sound signal on the basis of at least one of the breathing that has been detected and the operation acquired by the acquisition unit, in which the control unit switches a first mode for generating a musical sound signal with a detection of the breathing as a condition and a second mode for generating the musical sound signal on the basis of the operation regardless of whether or not the breathing has been detected, on the basis of a detection result of the breathing.