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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshihisa Shimada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Shizuoka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10H / ; G10H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
84609 ; 84626 ;
Abstract
An auto-play apparatus for an electronic musical instrument having a plurality of auto-play phrase data stored in memory and accessible through corresponding keys. Note data corresponding to the auto-play phrase data being stored in a separate memory. The apparatus includes an editing function for collectively shifting the pitch of note data constituting a auto-play phrase up or down an octave for easy editing. A shift limit feature prevents the pitch shift function when the result would exceed a preset upper or lower limit.