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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Tsutomu Saito, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A chord information generating apparatus and a chord information generating method, for detecting a key depression state every time when keys in a specific key area are depressed, forming data which represents a skilled person or a beginner on the basis of the result of the above detection, sequentially accumulating the data in RAM, detecting the depression of one or two keys when the depression of keys in the specific key area is detected, and generating chord information for generating at least three chord tones when it is decided on the data accumulated in the RAM that the player is a beginner, or generating chord information for generating tones corresponding to the detected key-depression state when the above is not the case.