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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomohiro Inoue, Nara, JP;
Akira Tanimoto, Kashihara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84-103 ; 84-128 ; 84462 ; 84DI / ;
Abstract
A musical instrument comprises an input circuit for entering pitch information and duration information of a note, a counting circuit for counting the time when the input means continues to be actuated in order to fix the duration information, a memory circuit for storing the pitch information and the duration information, and an output circuit for actuating the memory circuit so as to develop the pitch information and the length information.