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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Fumio Iwase, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kotaro Mizuno, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84662 ; 84626 ;
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument is provided with tone color specifying switch, musical style specifying switch and device for deciding the joint of melody tones based on the tone color and musical style specified by these switches. A new-timing melody tone is decided to be jointed with a preceding timing melody tone, based on the specified tone color and musical style, in the state of melody tone joint, for example legato state or nonlegato state, during the preceding timing melody tone is being generated.