Arpeggiator musical instrument
AssigneeChord Board, LLC
InventorAkiva Shapiro
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Abstract
An arpeggiation controller musical instrument operable to receive a user hand gesture and play an arpeggiation pattern. The musical instrument includes an X-Y pad operable to detect the user hand gesture. The user hand gesture sets one or more parameters of the arpeggiation pattern. The musical instrument also includes an arpeggiation generator operable to create the arpeggiation pattern based on the user hand gesture.
Claims23
An arpeggiation controller musical instrument operable to receive one or more input chords, to detect a user hand gesture to establish an arpeggiation pattern, and to play an arpeggiation of the one or more received input chords in accordance with the arpeggiation pattern, the musical instrument comprising:
- an X-Y pad operable to detect the user hand gesture, wherein the user hand gesture sets one or more parameters of the arpeggiation pattern to establish the arpeggiation pattern;
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- an arpeggiation generator operable to create the arpeggiation of the one or more input chords in accordance with the arpeggiation pattern based on the user hand gesture,
- wherein the arpeggiation controller musical instrument continues to arpeggiate received input chords in accordance with the arpeggiation pattern until a new user hand gesture on the X-Y pad establishes an updated arpeggiation pattern for the received input chords, upon which the arpeggiation controller musical instrument arpeggiates received input chords in accordance with the updated arpeggiation pattern.
An arpeggiation controller musical instrument operable to receive a user hand gesture and play an arpeggiation pattern, the musical instrument comprising:
- an X-Y pad operable to detect the user hand gesture, wherein the user hand gesture sets one or more parameters of the arpeggiation pattern;
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- an arpeggiation generator operable to create the arpeggiation pattern based on the user hand gesture,
- wherein a length of an upward-downward swipe on the X-Y pad determines a number of octaves in the arpeggiation pattern, with a short swipe producing a one octave arpeggiation, a longer swipe producing a two octave arpeggiation, and a yet longer swipe producing a three octave arpeggiation.
An arpeggiation controller musical instrument operable to receive a user hand gesture and play an arpeggiation pattern, the musical instrument comprising:
- an X-Y pad operable to detect the user hand gesture, wherein the user hand gesture sets one or more parameters of the arpeggiation pattern;
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- an arpeggiation generator operable to create the arpeggiation pattern based on the user hand gesture,
- wherein an upward-downward swipe on the X-Y pad crossing a horizontal center line of the X-Y pad adds ½ octaves or one or more octaves above and below a single-octave arpeggiation dependent upon a vertical length of the upward-downward swipe.
A method of creating an arpeggiation pattern using an arpeggiation controller musical instrument, the method comprising:
- receiving a user hand gesture on an X-Y pad of the arpeggiation controller musical instrument having a computer processer, the X-Y pad being operable to detect the user hand gesture, wherein the user hand gesture sets one or more parameters of the arpeggiation pattern using the computer processor;
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- playing the arpeggiation pattern using the computer processor based on the user hand gesture,
- wherein a length of an upward-downward swipe on the X-Y pad determines a number of octaves in the arpeggiation pattern, with a short swipe producing a one octave arpeggiation, a longer swipe producing a two octave arpeggiation, and a yet longer swipe producing a three octave arpeggiation.
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