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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Kengo Takahashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuru, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tetsu Kobayashi, Hamakita, JP;
Katsuhiko Masuda, Fujieda, JP;
Kengo Takahashi, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroyuki Tsuru, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tetsu Kobayashi, Hamakita, JP;
Katsuhiko Masuda, Fujieda, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An electronic musical instrument according to the invention stores a difference tone identifying table which associates musical sounds of different pitches with a difference tone perceived from the musical sounds of different pitches. Receiving an instruction to simultaneously produce musical sounds of different pitches, the electronic musical instrument extracts a difference tone corresponding to the musical sounds of different pitches from the difference tone identifying table and generates then outputs a sound signal corresponding to the extracted difference tone and the musical sounds of different pitches.