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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 1990
Filed:
May. 20, 1988
Yasunao Abe, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Abstract
The automatic musical tone generating apparatus for generating musical tones with slur effect includes a pitch information storing device, a read-out device for reading out pitch information at a predetermined tempo from the pitch information storing device, a tone signal generating device for producing tone signals having pitches corresponding to the pitch information read out by the read-out device, a slur information storing device, a slur effect impartment detecting device for detecting, on the basis of the slur information stored in the slur information storing device, whether or not the slur effect is to be imparted to the musical tones corresponding to the read out pitch information, and a pitch information altering device for altering, when the slur effect impartment is detected, the read out pitch information to a pitch information gradually approaching to the pitch of the musical tone to be produced next and out-putting the altered pitch information to the tone signal generating device. The automatic musical tone generating apparatus for generating musical tones with slur effect allows a performer to realize the slur effect with no unnaturality by simple performance technique.