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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2021
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument includes: a plurality of keys that include at least first keys corresponding to a first pitch range and second keys corresponding to a second pitch range; and at least one processor, configured to perform the following: causing a syllable position in a phrase that is digitally synthesized for output not to be advanced no matter how the second keys in the second pitch range are operated while a key operation in the first pitch range is being continuously maintained; and causing the syllable position to advance every time a key operation in the second pitch range is performed while none of the first keys in the first pitch range is being operated.