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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1987
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1986
Naoaki Matsumoto, Tokyo, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument having an autoplay function comprises a memory device where musical data is stored, a musical tone signal generating circuit for generating musical tone signals in response to musical data read out from the memory device, and a controller for reading out musical data from the memory device and feeding the readout data to the musical tone signal generating means in a timed relation to the progress of music. To repeat the autoplay of a musical piece, the controller is arranged to read out musical data from the start address in synchronism with the tempo of a musical piece or at the timing of the first beat in a bar after the readout of the last musical tone data.