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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Masafumi Minowa, Hamamatsu, JP;
Shu Eitaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Abstract
A musical performance assisting system includes a key designating section for designating a key of music, a chord designating section for designating a chord in the music, a chord file storing pointers in a manner so as to correspond to keys of music, and a chord tone file storing the pointers in a manner so as to correspond to chord groups, each of the chord groups including chord tone data of chords belonging thereto. The system further includes a chord tone selecting section for selecting one of the pointers from the chord file based on the key designated by the key designating section and further selecting, from the chord tone file, chord tone data of one of the chords which belongs to one of the chord groups designated by the selected pointer and which is designated by the chord designating section. The system further includes a musical tone generating section for producing a musical tone corresponding to the chord tone data selected by the chord tone selecting section.