Title: Electronic musical instrument with musical composition fashion selectors

Abstract: A plurality of sets of such characteristics as the color, volume and effect of a musical tone are preset for different musical composition fashions. Desired preset characteristics are selected independently in the melody performance portion and the accompaniment performance portion by operating a corresponding melody musical composition fashion selection switch and a corresponding accompaniment musical fashion selection switch thus establishing a musical tone having a desired musical composition fashion for each portion. According to a modified embodiment, when either one of the melody and accompaniment musical composition fashion selection switches is operated, both the musical composition fashions of the melody performance portion and the accompaniment portion are established in predetermined manner.

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Inventors: Niinomi, Naoyuki (Hamamatsu, JP)
Watanabe, Kunihiko (Hamamatsu, JP)

Application Number: 06/182575
Filing Date: 1980-08-29
Publication_date: 1983-07-05
Assignee: NIPPON MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS MFG (JP)

Primary Class(es): 84/712 84/665, 84/666, 84/663, 984/340, 84/DIG.022, 84/662
Other Classes: G10H1/24; G10H1/38; G10H1/12; G10H1/46
US Patent Ref:

3626078	December, 1971	Sekiguchi	84/12.4
3697664	October, 1972	Hiyama	84/11.7
3803338	April, 1974	Adachi	84/11.7
3886834	June, 1975	Okamoto	84/11.7
3897709	August, 1975	Hiyoshi et al.	84/11.9
4129055	December, 1978	Whittington et al.	84/10.1
4191082	March, 1980	Koike	84/11.9

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Primary Examiner: Witkowski S. J.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman

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