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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Hideyuki Masuda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mari Yana, Meguro-ku, JP;
Kenichi Miyazawa, Fukuroi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miyaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hideyuki Masuda, Hamamatsu, JP;
Mari Yana, Meguro-ku, JP;
Kenichi Miyazawa, Fukuroi, JP;
Tsuyoshi Miyaki, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yamaha Corporation, Hamamatsu-shi, JP;
Abstract
A tuner apparatuscauses a user to designate a musical instrument that is to be tuned and a reference pitch that is a standard upon tuning, by a process at a setting portion. A pitch detecting portiondetects a pitch of a performed note inputted via a microphoneand input portion. A target note specifying portiondefines a note name, which is positioned nearest to the performed note in a predetermined temperament (e.g., 12-note equal temperament), as a target note based upon the detected pitch of the performed note and the inputted reference pitch. Then, a calculating portioncalculates a difference between the pitch of the performed note and the pitch of the target note, and a display control portioncauses the display deviceto display the calculated difference. Further, the display control portionconverts the target note into a note name written in a score relating to the musical instrument to be tuned by using a transposition parameter relating to the musical instrument to be tuned that is stored in the storage portionand set by the setting portion, and causes the display deviceto display a staff in which a note corresponding to the note name written in a score is written.