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US 11,842,709 B1Granted
Chord board musical instrument
AssigneeChord Board, LLC
InventorAkiva Shapiro
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Abstract
A musical instrument, including a chord player section having at least one chord player operable to play a selected chord, the at least one chord player including a finger-actuatable first pad having a first center point function and a plurality of first perimeter point functions. The first center point function and the plurality of first perimeter point functions are respectively operable to generate a primary chord having a chord root note or variations of the primary chord having the chord root note.
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A musical instrument, comprising:
- a chord player section having at least one chord player operable to play a selected chord;
- the at least one chord player comprising a finger-actuatable first pad having a first center point function and a plurality of first perimeter point functions,
- wherein each of the first center point function and the plurality of first perimeter point functions are operable to each individually generate a primary chord or a variation chord, which is a variation of the primary chord, from amongst variation chords of the primary chord, the primary chord having a chord root note and the variation chords also having the chord root note,
- wherein each selected chord comprises a plurality of different notes including the root note and one or more additional notes relative to the root note, the one or more additional notes including one or more of a second note, a flat third note, a third note, a sharp third note, a fourth note, a flat fifth note, a fifth note, and a sharp fifth note, and
- wherein the primary chord comprises the root note, the third note or the flat third note, and the fifth note or the flat fifth note, and each of the variation chords comprises the root note and different combinations with the one or more additional notes.
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A musical instrument, comprising:
- a chord player section having at least one chord player operable to play a selected chord;
- the at least one chord player comprising a finger-actuatable first pad having a first center point function and a plurality of first perimeter point functions,
- wherein the first center point function and the plurality of first perimeter point functions are respectively operable to generate a primary chord having a chord root note or variations of the primary chord having the chord root note, the musical instrument, further comprising
- a note player operable to produce individual notes in a selected key, wherein the chord player section is arranged on a first side of the musical instrument, and the note player is arranged on a second side of the musical instrument, and
- wherein a layout of the note player corresponds to a currently playing chord on the chord player, in which three finger regions of the note player respectively correspond to a root note, a third note, and a fifth note of the currently playing chord.
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A musical instrument, comprising:
- a chord player section having at least one chord player operable to play a selected chord;
- the at least one chord player comprising a finger-actuatable first pad having a first center point function and a plurality of first perimeter point functions,
- wherein the first center point function and the plurality of first perimeter point functions are respectively operable to generate a primary chord having a chord root note or a variation chord, which is a variation of the primary chord also having the chord root note, such that each point function individually generates a chord,
- wherein each selected chord comprises a plurality of different notes including the root note and one or more additional notes relative to the root note, the one or more additional notes including one or more of a second note, a flat third note, a third note, a sharp third note, a fourth note, a flat fifth note, a fifth note, and a sharp fifth note, and
- wherein the primary chord comprises the root note, the third note or the flat third note, and the fifth note or the flat fifth note, and each of the variation chords comprises the root note and different combinations with the one or more additional notes.
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