Electronic stringed instrument, musical sound control method and recording medium

A method performed by at least one processor in an electronic stringed instrument that includes, in addition to at least one processor, at least one linear string member to be plucked by a user;

• a plurality of string support members each supporting the string member at different positions in a longitudinal direction of the string member, each of the string support members being individually deformable in accordance with a plucking of the string member by the user;
• and a plurality of sensors that output signals indicating respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members in accordance with a way the string member is plucked, the method comprising, via the at least one processor:
• receiving the signals indicating the respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members outputted from the plurality of sensors;
• and
• generating a musical tone control signal based on the received signals,
• wherein the method further comprises, via the at least one processor, estimating a plucked position in the longitudinal direction of the string member based on the signals output from the plurality of sensors, and the generated musical tone control signal reflects the estimated plucked position.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program therein, the program being readable by at least one processor in an electronic stringed instrument that includes, in addition to at least one processor, at least one linear string member to be plucked by a user;

• a plurality of string support members each supporting the string member at different positions in a longitudinal direction of the string member, each of the string support members being individually deformable in accordance with a plucking of the string member by the user;
• and a plurality of sensors that output signals indicating respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members in accordance with a way the string member is plucked, the program being configured to causes the at least one processor to perform the following:
• receiving the signals indicating the respective deformation states of the plurality of string support members outputted from the plurality of sensors;
• and
• generating a musical tone control signal based on the received signals,
• wherein the program further causes the at least one processor to estimate a plucked position in the longitudinal direction of the string member based on the signals output from the plurality of sensors, and the generated musical tone control signal reflects the estimated plucked position.